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Investor Lonsdale warns AI firms use fear to sway policy
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Anthropic investor Joe Lonsdale said Friday existential AI warnings can dangerously shape public policy. At Reuters Momentum AI Austin he criticised funding groups pushing regulation that may entrench leading OpenAI and Anthropic market power. He praised CEO Dario Amodei but urged caution on fear-based rules. Altman, Amodei and Musk recently urged slowing advanced model releases.
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What It Means For You
- Policymakers weighing AI rules may hear competing claims from companies and investors about existential risk.
- Lonsdale co-founded Palantir and backs defense technology firms including Anduril.
- He said safety matters but fear-driven regulation could protect incumbents.
What's Happening
- Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk called this month to slow advanced model development.
- Lonsdale, 44, said he is a small investor in Anthropic.
- He also discussed potential acquisitions of Ukrainian defense technology firms.
Regulation debate among AI investors
- Reuters reported US military review of a strike on a school in Minab, Iran, that killed more than 175 children.
- Lonsdale said autonomous weapons need accountable military leaders despite AI guidance.
- He declined a Pentagon role, citing focus on family and businesses, while saying he would consider a presidential request.
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