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Anthropic defends fair use in acquiring & using training data but flags copyright liability risk on novel issue in S1 prospectus for its IPO
Read more: Anthropic defends fair use in acquiring & using training data but flags copyright liability risk on novel issue in S1 prospectus for its IPOAnthropic filed its S1 prospectus with the SEC yesterday. It has a lengthy discussion of “risk factors” related to investing in the company that spans nearly 100 pages. Here’s what the S1 says about copyright issues: We can break this statement into 2 sections: good faith belief in fair use on a novel issue of…
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Anthropic’s S-1 acknowledges slow down risks from data center opposition, per new WSJ report.
Read more: Anthropic’s S-1 acknowledges slow down risks from data center opposition, per new WSJ report.The Wall Street Journal has an exclusive report on Anthropic’s much anticipated IPO’s S-1 prospectus. It reflects massive compute spending by the company. The section on risks related to investing in Anthropic — spanning 1/3 of the document — includes discussion of rogue AI and “harm that could result from a catastrophic AI-related incident” that…
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Anthropic sets up Anthropic Public Benefit Fund. 5% of Anthropic shares donated to fund to benefit public. With donation by Anthropic founders & employees = 20% shares to fund. Should Anthropic gift some of its IPO shares to Americans?
Read more: Anthropic sets up Anthropic Public Benefit Fund. 5% of Anthropic shares donated to fund to benefit public. With donation by Anthropic founders & employees = 20% shares to fund. Should Anthropic gift some of its IPO shares to Americans?True to its public benefit corporation mission, Anthropic just announced it is establishing the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund to invest in causes that serve the public. Here are the key details quoted from Anthropic’s announcement: Elon musk applauds the idea but recommends Sending shares directly to americans Elon Musk tweeted support for Anthropic’s idea, but…
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FTC opens investigation OpenAI, Anthropic for risks alleged from their AI
Read more: FTC opens investigation OpenAI, Anthropic for risks alleged from their AINot surprisingly, the FTC has officially opened an investigation of OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI companies after a series of high-profile incidents involving safety risks and rogue AI. This story was first reported by the New York Post. The article stated: “FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson launched the investigation before one of the AI models went…
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Anthropic’s S-1 for IPO reportedly spends 80 pages on risks, including “existential risk” to humans. Details of copyright risk to company yet to be reported.
Read more: Anthropic’s S-1 for IPO reportedly spends 80 pages on risks, including “existential risk” to humans. Details of copyright risk to company yet to be reported.As first reported by Reuters, Anthropic’s S-1 for its IPO includes some 80 of 261 pages detailing potential risks the company faces, far more coverage than in a typical prospectus, such as SpaceX devoting 38 of 277 pages. For more coverage, see here, here, and here. As we predicted, Anthropic needed to include the existential…
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After President’s Cup win for US in golf, Pres. Trump has dinner with Dario Amodei at 10 pm
Read more: After President’s Cup win for US in golf, Pres. Trump has dinner with Dario Amodei at 10 pmA remarkable scene last night: Pres. Trump, fresh off watching the U.S. team pull off a comeback win at the President’s Cup, said he was having dinner with Dario Amodei whom Trump called “highly respected, from Anthropic.” Trump added: they’re “going to be big.” This comes after the D.C. Circuit just sided with the Department…
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D.C. Circuit sides with Department of War in classifying Anthropic model as risk to national security per 41 U.S.C. § 4713. Contrary to decision on “supply chain risk” per 10 U.S.C. § 3252 by ND California court.
Read more: D.C. Circuit sides with Department of War in classifying Anthropic model as risk to national security per 41 U.S.C. § 4713. Contrary to decision on “supply chain risk” per 10 U.S.C. § 3252 by ND California court.Well, there may be a reason Anthropic apparently was not invited to the State Dinner for China Pres. Xi Jinping. The company is still engaged in 2 lawsuits against the Department of War. Today, the D.C. Circuit, in a 2-1 decision, sided with the Department of War’s classification of Anthropic’s model as a risk to…
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Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX, Google sued for alleged agreement to “pace” AI for safety concerns in violation of Sherman Act
Read more: Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX, Google sued for alleged agreement to “pace” AI for safety concerns in violation of Sherman ActWasting no time, a group of consumers just sued Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX for allegedly agreeing to “pace” AI development out of security concerns and existential risks. The plaintiffs allege: “An agreement among competitors to reduce the quality of their products and the rate at which those products improve is an agreement to restrict…
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During week of doomsday concerns, Dario Amodei sets forth 3-step plan to pace AI development
Read more: During week of doomsday concerns, Dario Amodei sets forth 3-step plan to pace AI developmentThis week was filled with doomsday concerns about human extinction caused by powerful AI models. Two Anthropic researchers fanned the flames of this controversy. Jacob Coxon quit Anthropic and then went on nearly every news program to discuss why, outlining doomsday scenarios of AI causing human extinction such as by enabling bad actors to produce…
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Amidst possible delay to IPO, does Anthropic need to revise its Form S-1 to state 10% risk of human extinction from AI?
Read more: Amidst possible delay to IPO, does Anthropic need to revise its Form S-1 to state 10% risk of human extinction from AI?By various reports, Anthropic’s IPO is being delayed until mid October or later. The delay comes amidst a firestorm, if not hysteria, set off by Anthropic’s Jacob Coxon, who just quit to call attention to what he considers the threat of human extinction posed by fast developing and ever more powerful AI models. To fan…