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Anthropic IPO Forces Question of How to Price Rogue AI Risk

Bloomberg Markets Friday 09 October 2026, 10:20 UTC By Charles Riley 1 min read
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Anthropic IPO Forces Question of How to Price Rogue AI How do you value a company that some fear could help wipe out the human race? This article is for subscribers only.

Anthropic IPO Forces Question of How to Price Rogue AI Risk How do you value a company that some fear could help wipe out the human race? This article is for subscribers only. Investors considering Anthropic’s planned mega-IPO are grappling with an unusual, and more than a little scary, conundrum: How to value a company that some fear could help wipe out the human race? AI researchers are having a public debate about potential AI-caused extinction, with some pegging the probability at 10% or more. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has weighed in on risks too, outlining concerns that humans could lose control of AI systems, which could be misused for cyberattacks or bioterrorism.
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