The collapse of trust is more deadly than ideological disagreements; Amodei's words are quite straightforward. Whether the team is stable depends on whether people can be relied upon, not on how loudly slogans are shouted.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei revealed in a Bloomberg interview that the real trigger was not differences in safety philosophy, but a breakdown in trust in Sam Altman. When trust and a shared vision are lacking, collaboration becomes difficult, and parting ways to develop independently is the best solution. Compared to OpenAI, all seven co-founders of Anthropic have remained with the company since its founding, making the team stability rare.