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Anthropic IPO Investors Struggle to Put a Price on Rogue AI Risk

Bloomberg Markets Thursday 08 October 2026, 12:00 UTC By Anthony Hughes 1 min read
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Anthropic IPO Investors Struggle to Put a Price on Rogue AI Risk Investors considering Anthropic PBC’s planned mega-IPO are grappling with an unusual conundrum: How to value a company that some fear could help wipe out the human race. Researchers posting on X about a 10% chance or greater that AI would wipe out humanity sparked a discussion that Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s co-founder and chief executive officer, weighed in on. His essay outlined concerns that humans could lose control of AI...

Anthropic IPO Investors Struggle to Put a Price on Rogue AI Risk Investors considering Anthropic PBC’s planned mega-IPO are grappling with an unusual conundrum: How to value a company that some fear could help wipe out the human race. Researchers posting on X about a 10% chance or greater that AI would wipe out humanity sparked a discussion that Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s co-founder and chief executive officer, weighed in on. His essay outlined concerns that humans could lose control of AI systems, the tools could be misused for cyberattacks and bioterrorism, and could create serious economic disruption if top researchers don’t slow development.
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