Anthropic has built its public identity around the winning idea that it’s the careful AI company. It publishes detailed research on AI risk, employs some of the best researchers in the field, and has been vocal about the responsibilities that come with building such powerful technology — so vocal, of course, that it’s right now battling it out with the Department of Defense. On Tuesday, alas, someone there forgot to check a box.
It is, notably, the second time in a week. Days earlier, Fortune reported that Anthropic had accidentally made nearly 3,000 internal files publicly available, including a draft blog post describing a powerful new model the company had not yet announced.
