Will Artificial Intelligence Soon Escape Human Control?
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 9 June 2026
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- 4
- Australian
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- 9 June 2026, 02:00 am
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The end result could be models trained by models to achieve goals set by models, whose safety is verified only by models. Some fear a disaster.
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This analysis explores the rapid shift toward autonomous AI software engineering, highlighting that over 80% of Anthropic's own code is now generated by its Claude model. The transition toward models training other models and verifying their own safety introduces profound risks regarding the loss of human oversight and the potential for uncontrollable AI runaway. Such recursive improvement cycles represent a significant advancement in frontier AI capabilities, raising the stakes for global governance frameworks designed to mitigate catastrophic or existential risks from autonomous agents.
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The EconomistJun 9, 2026 – 11.07amWhen Anthropic, an artificial intelligence lab, debuts on sharemarkets later this year, it is likely to be one of the biggest initial public offerings in history. That’s because the company’s Claude chatbot is beloved of coders, who are willing to pay a lot for access.Since Claude Code, its software-engineering agent, launched in February last year, it has become indispensable for many human developers around the world. That includes Anthropic’s own: more than four-fifths of the code it published in May was written by Claude, the company says. Before Claude Code launched, the percentage was “low single-digits”.Loading...The EconomistSaveLog 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? LoginFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreAIIPOFuture technologyAnthropicOpenAIFetching latest articles