Inside-lab take: OpenAI hasn't internalized the stakes, Anthropic understands but is racing anyway
peterwildeford · x · 2026-09-09
A widely-circulated tweet responds to the common question "if they truly believe this, why are they still building it?": at OpenAI, many researchers have not deeply internalized the civilizational stakes, while at Anthropic the stakes are well-understood — but the lab believes no one else will act responsibly, so it is locked in a race to get there first despite the risk. Peter Wildeford amplified the thread.
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