Anthropic’s Jared Kaplan Warns on the Risks of Powerful AI Models and the Race Against Authoritarian Developers
Australian Financial Review
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- 3 June 2026
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- 4
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- 2 June 2026, 10:00 pm
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The Anthropic chief science officer and co-founder says responsibility harnessing the breakneck developments of automation should be front and centre.
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Anthropic co-founder Jared Kaplan highlights the urgent need to balance rapid frontier AI scaling with safety-first development to prevent misuse by authoritarian regimes. The discussion emphasizes that as models gain autonomous capabilities, the risks of catastrophic accidental harm or intentional weaponization grow significantly. Kaplan argues that responsible scaling policies and international coordination are essential to navigate the ideological battle over the future of automation. This outlook aligns with global efforts to establish governance frameworks that prioritize the mitigation of existential risks posed by advanced AI systems.
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Zoe SamiosBusiness reporterJun 3, 2026 – 5.00amThere was a time when Anthropic co-founder Jared Kaplan was not sold on artificial intelligence. It was early 2010, and his friends (now colleagues) Dario Amodei and Chris Olah were getting excited about its potential.Kaplan, a theoretical physicist, was sceptical until he saw AlphaGo, a program developed by Google to master the ancient board game Go.Loading...SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreAI SummitAFR LiveAnthropicAIOpenAICorporate ethicsSoftwareZoe SamiosBusiness reporterZoe Samios covers wagering and the business of sport from the AFR's Sydney newsroom. She was previously the media and telecommunications reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and covered media at The Australian. Connect with Zoe on Twitter. Email Zoe at zoe.samios@afr.comFetching latest articles