Anthropic IPO escalates safety concerns
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Anthropic prepared a record-setting IPO in the United States while OpenAI delayed its own flotation and penalized investors, highlighting a clash between profit-driven listings and AI safety warnings.
not strictly Future Shocks, but the first Abelard Snazz story has plenty of current application www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-downsi.... More recently: oh noes our robots are about to destroy the Internet. Can we possibly interest you in our potential multitrillion dollar build-more-robots IPO?
September 14, 2026 at 10:44 PM
not strictly Future Shocks, but the first Abelard Snazz story has plenty of current application www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-downsi.... More recently: oh noes our robots are about to destroy the Internet. Can we possibly interest you in our potential multitrillion dollar build-more-robots IPO?
by Seth Masket
I'd say this is a huge security breach, but at this point...
Trump says he uses AI ‘for a lot of things,’ but didn’t reveal exactly how
President Donald Trump discusses AI development as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns about the risks posed by increasingly capable AI agents.
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September 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I'd say this is a huge security breach, but at this point...
Reposted by Fabián Muniesa
This conversation with @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social couldn't be more timely. With the AI industry talking about *its own products' potential to cause human extinction* we drill into who might still want to build such technology, and why.
Hint: it's in the title of their new book.
Hint: it's in the title of their new book.
The End Times Fascists of AI, ft. Naomi Klein + Astra Taylor
Listen now (64 mins) | A conversation with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor about “end times fascism” in the tech industry.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 14, 2026 at 8:38 PM
This conversation with @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social couldn't be more timely. With the AI industry talking about *its own products' potential to cause human extinction* we drill into who might still want to build such technology, and why.
Hint: it's in the title of their new book.
Hint: it's in the title of their new book.
by Shawn Graham
Oh, and openai wants governments to reign in development? Ok, nationalize that shit. Take it all away. Mothball it.
September 14, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Oh, and openai wants governments to reign in development? Ok, nationalize that shit. Take it all away. Mothball it.
Maybe the "let's pause AI" thing is more about how despite the massive $ burn rate its actually *not* delivering on its promises and nobody wants to be the 1st to say it and be punished by the market.
September 14, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Maybe the "let's pause AI" thing is more about how despite the massive $ burn rate its actually *not* delivering on its promises and nobody wants to be the 1st to say it and be punished by the market.
Anthropic: AI has catastrophic risks and could kill us all.
Policymakers: Maybe we should require a transparency notice that something is AI and a warning that it might be dangerous.
Policymakers: Maybe we should require a transparency notice that something is AI and a warning that it might be dangerous.
September 14, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Anthropic: AI has catastrophic risks and could kill us all.
Policymakers: Maybe we should require a transparency notice that something is AI and a warning that it might be dangerous.
Policymakers: Maybe we should require a transparency notice that something is AI and a warning that it might be dangerous.
by Brendan Nyhan Reposted by Nicholas A. Christakis
On by default
One of the biggest things to me is this is *on by default* and OpenAI not disclosing humans may read chats like this. I asked where they do disclose it, the company didn't answer. They did quietly update info telling people how to opt-out after I emailed them though www.404media.co/inside-proje...
September 14, 2026 at 5:58 PM
On by default
i'm willing to take dario amodei at his word that he wants restraints on AI. and his proposals are not necessarily bad. but two things (inter alia) undermine his claim.
darioamodei.com/post/we-must...
darioamodei.com/post/we-must...
September 14, 2026 at 5:27 PM
i'm willing to take dario amodei at his word that he wants restraints on AI. and his proposals are not necessarily bad. but two things (inter alia) undermine his claim.
darioamodei.com/post/we-must...
darioamodei.com/post/we-must...
“The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the USA has that, in spades!” (sic) www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Trump attacks ‘sick conspiracy’ against AI as tech stocks slide
President hits out after Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX leaders back call to limit ‘reckless’ development
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
“The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the USA has that, in spades!” (sic) www.theguardian.com/business/202...
by Ian Bremmer
markets spooked by ai warnings…
but trump and xi both skeptical.
neither superpower willing to compromise on the advantage they believe ai dominance will bring.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
but trump and xi both skeptical.
neither superpower willing to compromise on the advantage they believe ai dominance will bring.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
September 14, 2026 at 3:34 PM
markets spooked by ai warnings…
but trump and xi both skeptical.
neither superpower willing to compromise on the advantage they believe ai dominance will bring.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
but trump and xi both skeptical.
neither superpower willing to compromise on the advantage they believe ai dominance will bring.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Reposted by Brendan Nyhan
One of the biggest things to me is this is *on by default* and OpenAI not disclosing humans may read chats like this. I asked where they do disclose it, the company didn't answer. They did quietly update info telling people how to opt-out after I emailed them though www.404media.co/inside-proje...
September 14, 2026 at 3:13 PM
One of the biggest things to me is this is *on by default* and OpenAI not disclosing humans may read chats like this. I asked where they do disclose it, the company didn't answer. They did quietly update info telling people how to opt-out after I emailed them though www.404media.co/inside-proje...