Anthropic's blockbuster share listing - 5 surprising things we now know

Every public company has to tell potential investors how things could go wrong.

Anthropic's "risk factors" were unique, also disclosing how the AI technology it is developing could doom humanity as a whole.

"Sufficiently advanced AI systems could, if not developed, deployed, and operated with appropriate safeguards, oversight, and security measures, pose catastrophic or existential risks to humanity," Anthropic said.

It noted that less than a year ago, a hacking group Anthropic believed to be sponsored by China "manipulated" Claude to successfully intrude on a number of institutions, including large technology companies, financial institutions, chemical manufacturing companies and government agencies.