AI giant Anthropic has warned that its technology poses ‘existential risks to humanity’ as it gears up for one of the most highly valued stock market flotations in history.
In an unusual move, the start-up company behind the Claude tool highlighted the risks associated with its models – which it says could manipulate, blackmail and exhibit other ‘self-preserving behaviours’.
The California-based firm is hoping to achieve a valuation of $2trillion (£1.5trillion) when it goes on the market later this year.
Anthropic has dedicated almost a third of its 261-page prospectus to laying out the risk factors, nearly twice the 48 pages it has
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