Dario Amodei Publicly Addresses AI Backlash on X, Says 'Cure Cancer' Is the Only Way to Win Trust

In a long X post on Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei conceded that AI companies 'haven't yet delivered on our big promises to benefit the world' and endorsed a FINRA-style central AI regulator, framing the industry's core problem as institutional distrust of tech firms and government. He argued advertising can't fix it — 'the thing that will work is actually curing cancer' — pointing to Anthropic's AI for Science program and 'early glimmers' of biology breakthroughs as the only credible path to rebuilding public confidence.