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Help wanted: Anthropic hires to head off catastrophe
Anthropic hires to head off catastrophe

TL;DR
- Anthropic has 32 job openings aimed at preventing AI misuse for catastrophic purposes.
- Roles include analysts focused on chemical/explosives, nuclear weapons, financial scams, and cybercrime.
- The company hires experts to identify and mitigate potential harms before AI models are deployed.
- CEO Dario Amodei has previously warned about the risks of AI-enabled biological attacks.
- AI labs like Anthropic and OpenAI are increasing their safety teams due to the growing power of AI models.
- Companies are taking the lead in implementing AI safety guardrails due to a lack of government regulation.