Garry Tan says "I would do nothing" about China's AI distillation and urges the industry to focus on current AI risks instead of doomsday-style extinction fears (CNBC)

Garry Tan argues that the industry should ignore concerns about China’s AI distillation and concentrate on immediate AI safety threats, dismissing extinction-style fears. Anthropic’s threat-intelligence report details how it thwarted attempts to use its Claude model for cyberattacks, influence campaigns, surveillance, weapons research, and illicit distillation, shutting down ambiguous projects. OpenAI executives are debating a voluntary slowdown of cutting-edge AI development and have sought congressional guidance on antitrust implications.