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Anthropic CEO's 'disorganized' remark on India AI Summit sparks political row

From Hindustan Times · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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News Named sources Context piece
  • Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei described the India AI Summit as "extremely disorganised" in a Bloomberg interview.
  • The Congress party shared a clip of Amodei's remarks, sparking a political row with the BJP.
  • The BJP accused the Congress of sharing an edited clip that omitted Amodei's clarification that such summits are often disorganized globally.

A comment by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about the India AI Summit held in February has ignited a political dispute between India's Congress and BJP parties. Amodei, in a Bloomberg interview, described the New Delhi summit, which gathered over 100 AI leaders, as "extremely disorganised."

What happened was that the summit was extremely disorganised. We all came up at the last minute and they changed the order in which we were standing. And then they took a picture of us and they ordered us all to hold hands.

— Dario AmodeiExplaining the disorganization at the India AI Summit during a Bloomberg interview.

The Congress party seized on Amodei's remark, sharing a clip on social media. Amitabh Dubey, the All India Congress Committee's in-charge of research and monitoring, posted on X (formerly Twitter), "Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei stated in a Bloomberg interview that the India AI Summit was 'extremely disorganised.'"

The BJP quickly retorted, accusing the Congress of circulating an "edited" clip. Amit Malviya, head of the BJP's information and technology department, stated that the clip "conveniently omit[ted]" Amodei's clarification. According to Malviya, Amodei had explained that the disorganization was typical of international summits involving heads of state and was not specific to India.

If you've ever been to one of these summits, and I'm not saying anything bad about India in particular, but all of these kind of international type summits that have heads of state are super disorganised.

— Dario AmodeiClarifying that disorganization is common at international summits.

In the original Bloomberg interview, Amodei was asked about an awkward moment between himself and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on stage, where they avoided holding hands. Amodei explained that the summit was disorganized, with last-minute changes to the lineup. He added, "If you've ever been to one of these summits, and I'm not saying anything bad about India in particular, but all of these kind of international type summits that have heads of state are super disorganised."

The India-loathing Congress ecosystem is circulating an edited clip to malign the hugely successful AI Summit held in Delhi.

— Amit MalviyaBJP's IT department head, accusing Congress of editing a video.

Malviya criticized the Congress, alleging they were using an edited video to "malign the hugely successful AI Summit" and "run down India’s achievements." He accused the opposition of seeking to "manufacture outrage and score political points" by demeaning India's successes.

An edited video, stripped of clarification, is enough for them to manufacture outrage and score political points.

— Amit MalviyaCriticizing Congress's use of the edited clip.
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Originally published by Hindustan Times in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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