'Software Going To Be Free': Anthropic CEO's Big Prediction Sounds Alarm For Tech Firms

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• 'Software Going To Be Free': Anthropic CEO's Big Prediction Sounds Alarm For Tech Firms Published By, Last Updated: May 18, 2026, 21:27 IST Amodei also warned that AI-driven productivity gains are accelerating far faster than previous technological revolutions and could fundamentally reshape the workforce.
• Rapid Read The Anthropic CEO further argued that companies relying on coding complexity as their primary competitive advantage may struggle to survive in the AI age.
• As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms the global technology industry, major software companies that built multi-billion-dollar businesses around traditional software and IT services are beginning to face mounting disruption.
• Adding to concerns across the sector, Dario Amodei, the chief executive of AI firm Anthropic, has warned that software itself could soon become “cheap" or even “essentially free".
• Amodei said the decades-old business model of developing software once and selling it to millions of users may no longer remain sustainable in the...