Anthropic has bigger problems than Claude’s feelings
The firm’s obsession with its chatbot’s well-being is diverting attention from arguably more important principles for creating safe AI, like investment in cybersecurity and creating proper limits.
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Anthropic said that showing sustained cruelty towards Claude, its artificial intelligence model, would become a violation of its official usage policy.
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Parmy Olson
There are certain things companies worry about in the run-up to an initial public offering, like getting their finances in order and making sure they have the right management team in place. Anthropic has an unusual source of angst: that its core product might be suffering.
Last week, the company said that showing sustained cruelty towards Claude, its artificial intelligence model, would become a violation of its official usage policy. The rule, which takes effect in November, targets extreme and repeated abuse.