Anthropic is warning us.
AI #190: Scion of the Times
The amount of code being written at Anthropic continues to rise exponentially.
Anthropic model takedown fuels warning of ‘ad hoc’ AI regulation
The Trump administration is coming under fire for a directive prompting Anthropic to pull its latest models, and artificial intelligence policy advocates warn the move signals the White House is ta…
Independent Assessment of AI R&D Acceleration at Anthropic in October 2026
METR's high-access assessment of the degree to which AI is accelerating AI research and development at Anthropic.
233. "The Illusion of Thinking" — Thoughts on This Important Paper
This is a fantastic paper. I just love it. tl;dr AI is not human. Anthropomorphization has been bad for AI, LLMs, and Chat. Clippy walked so today's AI could run.
AI #192: Anthropic Is Going Public
Anthropic filed its S-1 this week to prepare for its IPO.
#773: Regressing to the mean
Plus: slop wildlife, the post-American internet and AI for emotional labor
Selective Optimism: a critique of AI 2040
Some context for this post: I’ve been working part-time as a consultant for the AI Futures Project over the last year.
AI #169: New Knowledge
Even in a relatively quiet period, AI is out there creating new knowledge.
A golden age of science is coming
AI can do things humans researchers can’t, even in groups.
The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’
Jacob Coxon talks to WIRED about the “mini Manhattan project” inside Anthropic, the problem with alignment, and why AI labs have just a few years left to make their systems safe.
For years, they warned AI could kill all humans. Now people are listening.
A doomsaying community once on the periphery of the tech industry has gained influence, as AI “agents” perform amazing and alarming feats.
U.S. Must Act Quickly to Avoid Risks From AI, Report Says
The U.S. government must move “decisively” to avert an “extinction-level threat" to humanity from AI, says a government-commissioned report
Accelerating Science with Human+AI Review
This issue of NEJM AI features the first two articles published through our accelerated human+AI review process. In this editorial, we describe the invitation-only “Fast Track” process used to revi...
AI 2040: Plan A
A detailed forecast and recommendation for how the US, China and the rest of the world should navigate superintelligence.
New from us: Anthropic just published scenarios for AI’s possible economic impacts, which range from minimal, to explosive GDP growth of 15% by 2030 as knowledge-worker unemployment hits 18%. I sat down with their co-founder Jack Clark to pick his brains on how they’re thinking about all of this.
