The Rise of Anthropic: AI Safety and Investment

This chapter explores the founding of Anthropic, a new AI research company created by former OpenAI members, highlighting its successful $124 million funding round. It discusses the importance of AI safety and the challenges faced by existing generative models, particularly in terms of reliability and harmful outputs. Additionally, it examines the shifting dynamics within the AI community, contrasting nonprofit and for-profit models, and the financial sustainability challenges for AI companies.