New York City Comptroller Mark Levine is urging Anthropic to delay its IPO until concerns about AI safety, corporate governance and development pace are addressed. He projects that rapid AI adoption could cause the city to lose up to 135,000 jobs and nearly $9 billion in tax revenue over four years. Anthropic has confidentially filed for an offering targeting a valuation of about $2 trillion with potential fundraising exceeding $100 billion. The company’s prospectus reportedly includes 80 pages of risk factors, including the possibility that its AI models could pose threats to humanity. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has also called for slower AI development, citing a 25% chance of extreme negative outcomes.
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