Fidji Simo says she believes AI can 'cure all diseases,' agreeing with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
Former OpenAI executive Fidji Simo and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei are debating the role of AI in medical research, agreeing that the industry must deliver concrete results rather than just making promises. Simo emphasized that the primary bottleneck for curing diseases is the lack of high-quality biological data, not just model intelligence.
Why it matters
This highlights a shift in the AI industry toward demanding tangible, real-world utility in healthcare rather than relying on speculative hype.
Fidji Simo, who was diagnosed with an incurable illness in 2019, said she believes AI has the potential to cure all diseases. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently said AI labs need to deliver on promises like curing diseases. Fidji Simo, cofounder of ChronicleBio, agreed and said AI needs more data to get there. Simo was diagnosed in 2019 with a condition known as POTS, which has no cure. Fidji Simo , the former OpenAI executive who cofounded the biomedical startup ChronicleBio, said she believes AI can eventually cure all diseases, but smarter models alone won't get us there. In an X post on Monday, Simo responded to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei , who wrote over the weekend that AI companies need to deliver concrete breakthroughs to win over a skeptical public.
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