Anthropic was founded to be more safety-conscious than OpenAI, yet it clings to that mission statement while building ever more powerful agents, says Parmy Olson for Bloomberg Opinion.

Their warnings came just days after top OpenAI leaders, including CEO Sam Altman, said AI is speeding into a scary, uncontrollable phase.

Multiple Anthropic staffers warned that the researchers building new AI models believe the technology could lead to humanity's destruction.