Cancer will become history within 10 years: Anthropic chief

World

Dhaka Magazine Desk

Published: Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease, and even mental illness will one day be a thing of the past. Dario Amodei, chief executive officer (CEO) of AI company Anthropic, expressed hope that advances in artificial intelligence (AI) could bring major changes to medical science within the next decade. He said this at the last moment of a 42-minute promotional event for Anthropic's initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday (November 10).

Dario believes that with the help of AI, work on biological research, drug discovery, and the invention of new treatment methods can be advanced much faster. According to him, if the proper use of AI can be ensured, diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease, and mental illness could become a thing of the past in less than the next 10 years.

He further said that with AI's help, it is also possible to solve many medical science problems that have remained unresolved for thousands of years. Earlier in September, in an article titled ‘We Must Pace the Frontier’, he said AI could cure most major diseases within the next 5 to 10 years. At the same event, a speaker from Bristol Myers Squibb said AI could reduce the time taken to conduct clinical trials by 20 to 30 percent.