Anthropic Accelerates AI Development Despite CEO's Calls for Slowdown, Independent Report Finds
Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence company, is developing its AI systems at approximately twice the speed it was a year ago, according to an analysis by Model Evaluation and Threat Research (METR), an independent monitoring group. This acceleration occurs even as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has publicly advocated for the AI industry to slow its pace to allow safety measures to catch up. METR researchers were granted access to Anthropic's internal data and staff interviews over an 11-week period, from mid-August through late October. The findings are significant because information regarding AI technology and its associated risks has largely been provided by AI companies themselves, with encouragement from President Trump's administration for self-regulation. Anthropic co-founder Sam McCandlish acknowledged the report's conclusions, stating that AI is indeed speeding up research, though the exact extent is difficult to quantify. The San Francisco-based company is preparing for a public offering lat...
