Anthropic warns govt attitudes may hurt customer ties, IPO prospectus shows

Reuters: Anthropic’s disclosure appears broader, suggesting that government perceptions of the company and ⁠its conduct could extend beyond its direct dealings to affect customers, partners, other commercial relationships — and even civilization. The filing warns ​that advanced AI could pose “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity,” an extraordinary warning by a company planning an IPO that could ​be valued at $2 trillion for the firm’s capacity to profit from the same technology…