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at the forefront of artificial

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intelligence as I request him to address

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the esteemed gathering.

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Please welcome Mr. Dario Amodei.

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>> [applause]

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>> First, I want to thank Prime Minister
Modi for bringing us together. The

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energy and ambition in this room and

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across India are incredible. I've been

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spending the last few days meeting with

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Indian builders and enterprises and the

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energy to build together here is

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palpable unlike anywhere else. Um this

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is the fourth AI summit we've held since

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the tradition was initiated at Bletchley

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Park back in 2023, which I still

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remember. And in those 2.5 years, the

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advances in the technology have been
absolutely staggering. Along with those,

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the advances in the commercial
applications and the societal and

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ethical questions around the technology

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have only grown more urgent. My

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fundamental view is that AI has been on

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an exponential for the last for the last

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10 years. Um and as part of a sort of

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Moore's law for intelligence and that we

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are now well advanced on that curve and

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there are only a small number of years

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for AI models surpassing the cognitive

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capabilities of most humans for most
things. We're increasingly close to what

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I've called a country of geniuses in a

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data center. A set of AI agents that are

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more capable than most humans at most

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things and can coordinate at superhuman

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speed. That level of capability
is something the world has never seen

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before and brings a very wide range of

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both opportunities and concerns for

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humanity. On the positive side, we have

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the potential to cure diseases that have

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been incurable for thousands of years,

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to radically improve human health, and

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to lift billions out of poverty

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including the global south and create
a better world for everyone. On the side

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of risks, I'm concerned about the

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autonomous behavior of AI models, their

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potential for misuse by individuals and

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governments and their potential for

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economic displacement. India has an

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absolutely central role to play in these

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questions and challenges both on the
side of the opportunities and on the

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side of the risks. As a sign of our

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commitment, we just this week opened an

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office in Bengaluru and hired Irena

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Ghosh who has spent >> [applause]

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>> who has spent three decades building

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businesses in India as our managing

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director for Anthropic India. We've also

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announced partnerships with major Indian
enterprises this week including Infosys

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and others. On the opportunities,

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one dynamic that we have observed is

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that technology and practices pioneered

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in India have historically set a

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standard for the global south.

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And have helped to diffuse knowledge and

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humanitarian benefits through the global
south. We're therefore partnering with

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we have been partnering with for several

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months non-profits such as the XStep

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Foundation, Pratham and Central Square

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Foundation to use our models to advance

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digital infrastructure, education,

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agricultural efficiency and health in

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the hopes of spreading AI's benefits

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across the global south starting with
India and diffusing out to the rest of

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the global south. We're also
partnering with Karya and the

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Collective Intelligence Project to build

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evaluations and metrics of our model

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Claude's performance on India's many

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regional languages on practical and

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locally relevant tasks. We'll benchmark

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like agriculture, legal tasks and

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educational content. On the risks, India

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is the world's largest democracy and can
be a partner and leader in addressing

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the global security and economic risks
of the technology. We'd like to work

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with India on testing and evaluation of

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models for safety and security risks in

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the tradition that was started
by many global and national AI security

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institutes that have been
stood up around the world.

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Even more, we see a particularly strong

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opportunity to work with India on

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studying the economic questions. As part
of the New Delhi Frontier AI Impact

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Commitments, which we're excited to join.
As part of our Anthropic Economic

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Futures Program and Anthropic Economic

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Index, we publish statistical insights

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into how AI impacts jobs in the economy.

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We're excited to increasingly share this

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information, exchange information with

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the Indian government, to share insights

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and inform evidence-based policy making,

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convene meetings with economists, labor

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leaders, and policy makers to adjust to

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to to adapt to the economic impacts of

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AI. We believe that AI will greatly grow

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the economic pie, including in India and
the global south, but that because it is

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happening so fast, it may lead to a time
of disruption. And we need to work

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together between companies and the
government to better manage that time of

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dis- disruption and bring better

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prosperity smoothly to all. Um I and

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Anthropic are very grateful to be part
of all these efforts, and I'm honored to

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be here and working on these
questions with all of you.

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>> [applause]

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>> Thank you, Mr. Dario Amodei,
for that illuminating address. Ladies and