Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez warns against letting dominant AI labs set safety rules, criticizes Anthropic roadmap
In a blog post, Cohere co-founder and CEO Aidan Gomez argues that allowing a small number of market-dominant AI companies to define safety standards and seek antitrust exemptions would risk creating a cartel that protects incumbents and limits competition. Gomez supports independent review of powerful systems but warns that proposals like the roadmap published by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei raise questions about who writes standards and who gets to participate; he cites past regulatory failures (SEC-designated bond-rating firms and Europe's Motor Vehicle Block Exemption) as cautionary examples.