Anthropic raises the bar on AI safety with sweeping, proactive policy updates

The news: Anthropic, the AI startup behind the Claude chatbot, announced a comprehensive update to its safety policy, reinforcing the guardrails of its AI as it becomes more capable. 

Anthropic’s push to improve AI’s safety is in stark contrast with competitors like OpenAI, whose focus on accelerating AI’s capabilities and performance could threaten safety guidelines.

According to McKinsey, 63% of companies consider the risk of inaccuracy to be relevant, but only 38% of companies are working to mitigate that risk.