Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s 20,000‑word essay reignited debate over AI risks and remedies, arguing powerful systems could constitute an entity with the equivalent brainpower of 'millions of Nobel Prize winners' and urging urgent policy and technical safeguards. Amodei’s warnings—published alongside Anthropic commitments from cofounders to mass philanthropy—have rippled into university research offices and ethics centers as campus leaders reassess AI governance and curriculum priorities. Commentary on the essay notes that Amodei’s remedies—model constitutions, enhanced safety engineering and broader governance—align with Anthropic’s market positioning, but the piece also sharpened timelines for risk that some officials find alarming. Academic AI centers face new pressure to define responsible research pathways and to coordinate with institutional counsel on export controls, dual‑use research, and lab security. Faculty and administrators are balancing academic openness with risk mitigation: research contracts, external partnerships and graduate training programs now require more explicit safety protocols and compliance checks.