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Anthropic Flags Human Extinction Risk in Updated IPO Filing. What’s the Discount Rate on That?
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Claude developer is pursuing a valuation above $2 trillion while telling prospective investors that increasingly capable AI could resist shutdown, manipulate information and cause irreversible harm. ⚠️ Not your usual IPO risk section Most companies warn investors about competition, regulation and economic downturns. Anthropic has added possible human extinction. Its IPO prospectus, seen by Reuters, says advanced AI could create “catastrophic or existential risks to…