An analysis conducted by a nonprofit research firm called Model Evaluation & Threat Research (METR) shows that while Anthropic has been at the forefront of calling for the pace of AI development to slow down, the company has accelerated the pace at which it is developing its own systems.
The research firm indicates that Anthropic’s pace of AI development has at least doubled from what it was one year ago.
Calls to tamp down the speed at which AI is being developed have largely come from AI labs, and growing public debate about setting up a regulatory framework for the industry has prompted Trump not only to dismiss fears about the risks posed by AI as a ‘hoax’ but also to ask tech companies to self-regulate.
Anthropic invited METR to interview its staff and review the company’s internal data. This invitation was issued as Anthropic gets ready to go public towards the end of November. Its IPO is anticipated to be one of the largest share offerings, if not the largest, in U.S. history.
According to the report published by METR after it conducted its assessment, the accelerated pace of AI development by Anthropic can largely be attributed to the help being provided by the technology itself. In short, AI is enabling Anthropic to develop new AI systems a lot faster than was possible without the help of the technology.
The assessment undertaken by METR covered the August to October period and it focused on evaluating the speed at which the tech company was developing new AI systems. METR was also interested in establishing what fraction of that speed could be attributed to the role of AI in the company’s work.
METR admitted that its report is unlikely to be of great help to other entities seeking to analyze the work it did. This was because the reports that formed part of its analysis had been redacted to a great degree by Anthropic, so METR’S report may not be very useful to third-parties seeking to review how it arrived at the conclusions it made.
From METR’s report, a key concern of groups and individuals worried about AI gets credence: If AI can play a big role in improving itself, what is to stop it from getting out of control and unleashing unforeseen dangers?
That is a difficult question to answer, and further debate on the subject could eventually yield possible solutions to harnessing the benefits of AI while limiting its risks. In the absence of such a safety mechanism, tech firms like Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) that aren’t directly involved in developing AI systems may not have anything within their power to prevent the hardware and software they produce from being used in ways that could cause harm.
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