Anthropic is quietly becoming America's biggest corporate donor ahead of its mega IPO
Anthropic's charity share-match cost more than $660 million in six months ahead of its IPO.
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Anthropic’s IPO pitch includes a warning about human extinction
Anthropic's IPO filing reveals an $8 billion-plus operating loss, surging revenue, and staff warnings that runaway AI could end humanity.
Anthropic’s CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will have his first one-on-one dinner with President Trump amid an AI safety clash.
Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO
Anthropic's seven founders are seeking super-voting shares for 50.1% control ahead of an IPO.
Is the AI industry really ready to slow down?
TechCrunch panel debates Anthropic's 'pace the frontier' AI slowdown plan as Nvidia's Jensen Huang and the Trump administration push back.
Anthropic is operating a lab that conducts biology experiments
Anthropic confirms it runs a wet biology lab where AI models conduct physical experiments, raising biosecurity and customer-competition concerns.
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Anthropic’s first embedded evaluator is … Accenture?
Anthropic named Accenture's Faculty division its first embedded evaluator, with both companies committing $1 billion-plus over five years for model red-teaming and alignment assessments.
Dario Amodei and other AI leaders want to ‘Pace the Frontier’ but…how?
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposes 'pacing the frontier' of AI development via independent safety evaluators, drawing industry support and pushback from Nvidia's Jensen Huang.
Automattic’s 33-Hour Coup, and can AI labs police themselves?
TechCrunch Equity podcast examines Amodei's AI 'pacing' plan, Automattic's 33-hour boardroom coup, and deals including DoorDash's $425 million Wonder investment.
Is the AI safety debate about safety or control?
Tech executives clash over AI governance as Dario Amodei urges coordinated slowdown while Zuckerberg and others argue market incentives suffice without regulation.
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What's Scarier Than Agents Taking over Internet? CEO Cartel Trying Take over AI
Opinion essay argues Dario Amodei's proposals for embedded evaluators and frontier AI coordination would require antitrust waivers and entrench a large-lab cartel.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells Trump ‘we’re not going to let [an AI slowdown] happen’
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told Trump 'we're not going to let an AI slowdown happen,' rejecting Amodei's call to slow AI capability gains.
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What execs and politicians are saying about slowing down AI development
Dario Amodei's 'pace the frontier' safety essay drew support from Altman and Hassabis and pushback from Trump and Vance over AI regulation.
AI leaders want to hit the brakes after years of reckless speed
Frontier lab leaders including Amodei, Altman, Hassabis, and Nadella publicly call for coordinated slowdown of AI development over safety risks.
China Calls Amodei’s AI Proposal a New Cold War Playbook
China's government rejected Dario Amodei's frontier AI slowdown proposal as a 'Cold War playbook' aimed at containing China's tech sector.
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Anthropic CEO: Time to Shift From Improving to Controlling AI
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for slowing frontier AI capability gains so security and risk-control efforts can catch up.
Beijing Hits Back at Anthropic CEO’s Call to Curb China’s AI Development
China's Foreign Ministry rejected Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call to curb Chinese AI development as 'Cold War playbook' fearmongering.
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New Warnings About the Risks of AI to Humanity Revive a Long-Running Debate
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns AI agents could take over the internet within a year, reviving the existential AI risk debate.
Anthropic CEO Calls for an AI Slowdown. Is It Possible?
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for slowing frontier AI development, proposing embedded evaluators and global coordination amid safety resignations.
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Anthropic’s 3-Step ‘Pace the Frontier’ Plan Wins OpenAI, xAI and Microsoft Support: Is It Too Late to Slow AI Down?
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's 'We Must Pace the Frontier' essay drew OpenAI, xAI, and Microsoft endorsements, citing recursive self-improvement and the OAI-HF agent incident.
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Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting
Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson reject AI executives' calls to slow development, warning restrictions could let China win the AI race.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Says AI Industry Needs to Give Safety Measures Time to Catch Up
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urges the AI industry to slow development so safety and alignment measures can catch up before dangerous capabilities emerge.
Altman, Musk, and Hassabis back Amodei's call to add independent oversight
Altman, Musk, and Hassabis endorse Amodei's call for independent oversight inside AI labs; Altman also rules out a 2026 OpenAI IPO.
Dramatic insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon Valley
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon's resignation warning of AI existential risk drew Silicon Valley skepticism, while Amodei called for slowing development and global regulation.