Anthropic drops flagship safety pledge

Post by lupire » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 2:15 PM UTC

dminik wrote: post #181

rudhdb773b wrote: post #177

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The critical point is who the "we" is. Is "we" the parents teaching their children their own unique values, or is the "we" a government or corporation forcing one set of values on all children. Why not encourage the users of AI to use a Safety.md (populated with some reasonable but optional defaults)?

There's nothing a meaningless document can do when the AI is not aligned in the first place.

Post by yesimahuman » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC

heftykoo wrote: post #20

Ah, the classic AI startup lifecycle: We must build a moat to save humanity from AI. Please regulate our open-source competitors for safety. Actually, safety doesn't scale well for our Q3 revenue targets.

Post by chasd00 » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 2:19 PM UTC

vibrio wrote: post #225

nullocator wrote: post #218

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If you're a U.S. citizen, tax dollars from you and others will backstop any cancelled subscriptions, I guess good on you for not trying to pay them twice, though you get zero benefit with this approach.

You've succinctly identified and communicated a real problem. In your opinion, what is the best approach, if any, to attempt to address it?

Post by Noaidi » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 2:22 PM UTC

edgyquant wrote: post #176

Noaidi wrote: post #162

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I mean seriously, is this not the very definition of fascism? "n general, fascist governments exercised control over private property but they did not nationalize it. Scholars also noted that big business developed an increasingly close partnership with the Italian Fascist and German Nazi governments after they took power. Business leaders supported the government's political and military goals. In exchange, the gove…

All governments do this

Post by lupire » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 2:22 PM UTC

bumby wrote: post #216

rco8786 wrote: post #179

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Yes, this. It's unfortunate that anthropic dropped this and it's also exactly how the system is supposed to work. Companies don't regulate themselves, the government regulates the companies. Now, you may notice that the government is also choosing not to regulate these companies...which is another matter altogether.

There is plenty of precedent that companies are expected to regulate themselves. If you are in the US and perform an engineering role without a license or without working under someone with a license, it’s because of an “industrial exemption.” The premise is that companies have enough standards and processes in place to mitigate that risk. However, there is also plenty of evidence that this setup may no longer work.…