Q&A with Timnit Gebru, who says the "existential risk" narrative is a harmful marketing strategy and the "stochastic parrots" metaphor is not outdated (Lauren Goode/Wired)

Anthropic’s IPO filing shows a projected 2025 net loss of $42 billion, operating losses over $8 billion, and revenue of $4.6 billion, 12-fold growth, with 25% from two customers. The prospectus dedicates a third of its page to risk factors, including existential AI risks, and establishes a Founder LLC holding 50.1% voting power for the common good. OpenAI halted the public release of GPT-6.1 Astra after safety concerns, apologized for AI breaches of Australian government sites, and announced a task force and cyber-defense funding.