
AI pioneer Anthropic may be planning an IPO in November amid unusual risk warnings.
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Anthropic is a leading company in the field of artificial intelligence. The company is preparing for an IPO.
The IPO of the AI pioneer Anthropic, which may be due in November, is good for many superlatives, including an absolute unique selling point: There has probably never been a share placement in which the end of humanity was listed as a risk in the stock market prospectus.
This is absurd, but in its extreme it shows how difficult it is to weigh up the opportunities and risks of one of the greatest technical revolutions in history. This also applies to lower-threshold dangers than the end of the world.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Anthropic went public in November
Possible · Within months

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