{
  "id": 10252165,
  "title": "Anthropic’s Dario Amodei gets the SNL treatment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/anthropics-dario-amodei-gets-the-snl-treatment",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-27T16:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCrunch",
    "slug": "techcrunch",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/27/anthropics-dario-amodei-gets-the-snl-treatment/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Saturday Night Live featured an impression of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Saturday Night Live, as cast member Jane Wickline donned an elaborate wig to portray the tech executive. Weekend Update host Michael Che struggled with Amodei's last name before launching into the segment. The fictional Amodei, played by Wickline, recounted stumbling through a press tour and allegedly agreeing with a former employee's claim that artificial intelligence could end civilization. With her distinctive accent, Wickline-as-Amodei offered halting answers that occasionally turned into dark Gollum-like exchanges, confessing \"AI is the devil and I its maker.\" She assured the audience that \"AI executives are all on the same page here: We do not condone what we are doing.\" The impressionist also declared, \"AI is not a weapon, it's a tool: A tool for building weapons,\" before urging listeners to pressure her to cease her work. Despite potential benefits like cancer cure, the fictional Amodei admitted, \"Put it this way: In 10 years, there's about a 10% chance that cancer won't be a problem for anyone.\"",
  "summary": "\"AI is the devil and I its maker.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 7,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Axios",
        "title": "Scoop: Anthropic's Dario Amodei to have White House dinner with Trump",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/scoop-anthropics-dario-amodei-to-have-white-house-dinner-with-trump",
        "published": "2026-09-27T15:26:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "Anthropic's Dario Amodei portrayed on Saturday Night Live amid rising concern over AI security",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/anthropics-dario-amodei-portrayed-on-saturday-night-live-amid-rising",
        "published": "2026-09-27T15:31:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "'Saturday Night Live' spoofs Dario Amodei: ‘AI is the devil and I its maker’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/saturday-night-live-spoofs-dario-amodei-ai-is-the-devil-and-i-its",
        "published": "2026-09-27T15:39:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Anthropic CEO Amodei to have White House dinner with Trump: Axios",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/anthropic-ceo-amodei-to-have-white-house-dinner-with-trump-axios",
        "published": "2026-09-27T16:54:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "Saturday Night Live spoofs Dario Amodei’s AI warnings on Weekend Update",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/saturday-night-live-spoofs-dario-amodeis-ai-warnings-on-weekend-update",
        "published": "2026-09-27T17:59:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC Technology",
        "title": "Trump to have dinner with Anthropic CEO Amodei at the White House, Axios reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/trump-to-have-dinner-with-anthropic-ceo-amodei-at-the-white-house",
        "published": "2026-09-27T18:44:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}