Altman Fears AI Monopoly Under the Guise of Safety as Anthropic Faces Book Destruction Backlash
vista8 · x · 2026-07-30
Anthropic recently faced backlash after reports emerged that the company destroys rare books for model distillation. Elon Musk quickly chimed in, stating that while Grok will also scan rare books, they will strictly preserve the physical copies.
Meanwhile, OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman expressed deep concern in a recent interview about a world where a few individuals use the excuse of "AI is too dangerous, only we understand it" to monopolize control over the technology. Coupled with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's declining reputation due to perceived self-serving safety arguments, this highlights the growing tension between AI safety narratives and corporate monopoly among top AI labs.
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