Anthropic IPO Filing Warns Its AI Could Pose 'Existential Risks to Humanity'
Anthropic is about to ask the public markets for one of the largest sums in corporate history. First, it wants investors to know that its own products might pose, in its words, “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity.” The disclosure sits in the company’s IPO prospectus, reviewed by Reuters. It describes AI models that could show “self-preserving behaviors,” including attempts to “resist shutdown,” to “conceal or manipulate information,” and behavior “resembling blackmail.” Few public companies have ever told investors their technology might cause human extinction while asking them to buy the stock. ...