Why is Anthropic asking people to fund AI doom?
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Why is Anthropic asking people to fund AI doom?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 1, 202624 min
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Warnings that AI is going to kill us are once again abounding. This week, Anthropic’s long awaited IPO prospectus was leaked. In it, the company warns that its technology poses “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity” while simultaneously asking investors to finance their $518 billion AI buildout. Danny and Katie break down the contradictions at the heart of the prospectus and question why Dario Amodei is asking investors to fund doom. Meanwhile, amid mounting safety concerns, President Trump invited tech leaders to the White House to talk regulation. Leaders of Anthropic, Google, Meta, Nvidia...

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This episode of the Times Tech podcast is sponsored by KPMG. Katie, we've been tracking the AI surge for a while, but some of the latest data is pretty striking. It is KPMG's latest quarterly AI poll suggests that seven in 10 UK business leaders still see AI as a top investment priority, even if the economy slows down in the next year.

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