Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei scared everyone about AI. Now he’s paying the price with a US government ban on Fable

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's prior warnings about AI risks are cited as contributing to a US government ban on the company's product Fable, highlighting the backlash against aggressive AI advocacy.

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# Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei scared everyone about AI. Now he’s paying the price with a US government ban on Fable Source: [https://www.afr.com/chanticleer/anthropic-scared-the-pants-off-us-about-ai-now-it-s-paying-the-price-20260616-p60767](https://www.afr.com/chanticleer/anthropic-scared-the-pants-off-us-about-ai-now-it-s-paying-the-price-20260616-p60767) - [Markets](https://www.afr.com/chanticleer) - [Chanticleer](https://www.afr.com/chanticleer) Chanticleer ![Chanticleer](https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_220%2C$height_220/t_crop_fill%2Cq_auto:best%2Cfl_any_format/25cc8c74f48b08a60ab02df02ab9d248a21c0ea2)CEO Dario Amodei loved issuing an artificial intelligence warning almost as much as he loved a philosophical essay\. Then came the US government ban\. Another day, another brilliant session of AI stocks on Wall Street\. SpaceX investors across the globe –[including our own Gina Rinehart](https://www.afr.com/markets/equity-markets/gina-rinehart-snags-us1b-stake-in-spacex-ipo-20260615-p606yg)– enjoyed another monster day as[the stock surged almost 20 per cent](https://www.afr.com/markets/equity-markets/asx-to-drop-spacex-jumps-again-to-buoy-wall-street-20260616-p6072g)on Monday night to take its gains since Friday night’s initial public offering to more than 42 per cent\. Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe\. [Subscribe now](https://subscribe.afr.com/?promote_channel=HI_AGFT_GNL_GIFTCTA&utm_source=ArticleGifting&utm_medium=HouseInventory&utm_campaign=General&utm_content=GiftCTA) Already a subscriber? ## Latest In Equity markets Fetching latest articles ## Most Viewed In Chanticleer

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