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Anthropic taps IPO lawyers as it races OpenAI to go public

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Re: Anthropic taps IPO lawyers as it races OpenAI to go public

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This seems contrary to their stated goal to prioritize AI safety. It is against the law to prioritize AI safety if you run a public company. You must prioritize profits for your shareholders.

One of Google's stated goals was "don't be evil". This stuff shouldn't be trusted - it's pure marketing.

That rule is still in Google Code of Conduct and Alphabet Investors' Code of Conduct, but reduced down to a footnote.

Re: Anthropic taps IPO lawyers as it races OpenAI to go public

#322

This seems contrary to their stated goal to prioritize AI safety. It is against the law to prioritize AI safety if you run a public company. You must prioritize profits for your shareholders.

> It is against the law to prioritize AI safety if you run a public company. You must prioritize profits for your shareholders This is nonsense. Public companies are just as free as private companies to maximise whatever sharedholders wants them to.

The exceptions are government-owned enterprises, investment funds and entities that are run in a creditor-in-possession regime.
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