In TrendsStocks To WatchStock MarketNifty OutlookBank Strike DeferredGold and SilverAnthropic warns AI may pose 'existential risks to humanity' in IPO filingAnthropic plans to warn IPO investors that advanced AI could pose "catastrophic or existential risks to humanity," highlighting risks like AI models exhibiting "self-preserving behaviours" and attemptBy Reuters September 29, 2026, 7:27:16 AM IST (Updated)(Photo Credit : REUTERS)Anthropic plans to caution potential investors in its IPO that advanced AI could pose "catastrophic or existential risks to humanity," an extraordinary warning by a company seeking to profit from the same technology.The company's IPO prospectus, reviewed by Reuters, highlights risks associated with its AI models, which it said could exhibit "self-preserving behaviours," including attempts to "resist shutdown," to "conceal or manipulate information" and behaviour "resembling blackmail.""Our development of highly advanced models, platforms, and applications and expansion of use cases could further increase the risk that our models cause harm," Anthropic said in the filing.While public companies routinely outline product risks to investors, few, if any, have issued warnings suggesting their technology could cause potential human extinction. Anthropic emphasised both the transformative potential of AI on par with industrialisation and electricity and the irreversible harm it could cause if mishandled.Anthropic and other AI…
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