Anthropic cites AI 'catastrophic risks' and warns of 'major job market shock', just one day after launching its most powerful AI model
Anthropic asked the US Congress on Wednesday not to block state laws governing artificial intelligence unless lawmakers pass a “rigorous” federal law to address the “catastrophic risks of AI,” according to a company statement cited by Reuters.
The company also urged Congress to require AI companies to subject their best-performing AI models to independent safety testing, according to the statement.
Anthropic aims to influence AI regulation as it prepares for an initial public offering (IPO) for listing on the US stock exchange.
The listing would represent one of the most significant stock market debuts in years, potentially reshaping benchmarks, investor flows and the broader narrative underpinning U.S. stocks.
On Wednesday, the company also urged Congress and US states to modernize the technology used to pay unemployment benefits in preparation for potential layoffs driven by the implementation of AI.
Half of Americans fear the rise of AI risks putting them or someone in their household out of a job, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed Monday.
The technology used to pay unemployment benefits “is not sufficiently prepared for a major shock to the labor market,” the company warned.
Anthropic has released its most powerful AI model yet
Anthropic, the creator of the Claude artificial intelligence models, made the most powerful version of its technology available to the public on Tuesday, but still decided to limit access for certain sensitive areas, such as cyber security and – newly – the risks of biological and chemical attacks.
Called the Fable 5, this model is the first of the Mythos class – Anthropic's most advanced range, unveiled in April but restricted for security reasons – to be opened to the general public.
In parallel, Anthropic proposed an unlimited version, Claude Mythos 5, for companies, organizations and state agencies that already have access to this family of models, presented as being able to detect and exploit security breaches with unprecedented speed and acuity, AFP wrote.
In early April, Anthropic had simultaneously announced the existence of the Mythos class and its decision to allow access to it only to trusted partners in order to strengthen their cyber protection.
