WIRED coverage of Anthropic's ambitions
Claude’s curiosity and character is in part the work of Amanda Askell, who has a philosophy PhD and is a keeper of its personality. She concluded that an AI should be flexible and not appear morally rigid.
Short history of Anthropic’s founding and split from OpenAI. Whether it succeeds in creating a benevolent AGI, it has for now at least created a useful coding tool.
Quote Citation: Steven Levy, “If Anthropic Succeeds, a Nation of Benevolent AI Geniuses Could Be Born”, Mar 28, 2025 6:00 AM, https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-benevolent-artificial-intelligence/