Anthropic is walking a fine line

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This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on web readership. New subscribers can sign up here; follow us on Bluesky, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn and Threads. Anthropic’s Latest AIs Are Making Some Customers Uneasy — Parmy Olson Catching a glimpse of Dario Amodei these days is like finding a rare butterfly. The chief executive officer of Anthropic PBC was scheduled to meet with 50 fellow bosses from some of Europe’s largest companies in Oxfordshire last week, an exclusive convocation by his firm at a Jacobean-style mansion that included former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, now an Anthropic adviser. Amodei had been scheduled to travel to another part of Europe afterwards, but his trip was cut short to just one or two days in the UK. Why is he so hard to pin down? Because of Mythos, the artificial intelligence model he teased last month as too dangerous to launch. Anthropic staff have access to the technology and say it is more human than its forerunners. But it could also be weaponized for cyberattacks, so the company has let a few dozen organizations test and preview it. The model’s power and potential will help Amodei’s efforts to repair relations with the Trump administration, and he’s eager too for Mythos to finally reach members of the public. That requires a juggling act that, for now, Amodei is managing to pull off. Read the whole thing. SpaceX Writes Tesla’s Future in the Stars — Liam Denning The Iran War Is Coming for Your Diet Coke — David Fickling Bankers’ Love of Claude AI Carries a Heavy Price — Lionel Laurent Ferrari’s $640,000 EV Is Quite a Stretch — Chris Bryant Apple Is Giving Intel’s Turnaround Some Momentum — Dave Lee Index Funds Can’t Say No to SpaceX — Matt Levine BP’s Latest Screwup Is Outweighed by Its Hedge Fund Backer — Javier Blas Blanche Is Trump’s Latest Enabler-in-Chief — Timothy L. O’Brien The Supreme Court Just Got a Race-Based Ruling Right — Stephen L. Carter More From Bloomberg Opinion Dangerous heat could plague the World Cup when it kicks off in less than a month. Lara Williams and Michael Johnson ask: What is FIFA doing to protect both players and fans? A meal of Indian curry is a steal in Japan at about $6, but Gearoid Reidy says the beloved lunch staple may be under threat. Bill Dudley has a few ideas for what new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh should do to improve how the central bank implements monetary policy. If you’re a fan of Bloomberg News’ Pointed quiz, check out Alphadots, a daily word puzzle with a plot twist.

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