AI Godfather Geoffrey Hinton: Anthropic strayed from its mission

In an interview, Hinton said he now sees where AI can play a role in military operations, a reversal from previous skepticism about such applications.

NEW YORK — AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton thinks that Anthropic is losing its focus on safe tech development as competitive and financial pressures force it to pursue other goals, he told NBC News in a wide-ranging interview in late May.

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