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Who founded Anthropic, the makers of Claude AI, and why?

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Anthropic was founded by former OpenAI executives and siblings Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei. The duo founded the AI safety and research firm in 2021. The siblings, who became increasingly aware of the risks of chatbots responding with misinformation and bias, aimed to create a safer and more transparent AI chatbot.