Anthropic, a company founded by former OpenAI researchers including Dario and Daniela Amodei, is racing to build artificial general intelligence that’s not just powerful but benevolently aligned with human values, hoping to set global standards so AI helps humanity rather than harms it. Their flagship AI, Claude, is central to this vision—used both as a product and a training tool to make future versions safer and more ethical. Anthropic’s founders left OpenAI over safety concerns and now pursue what they call a “Race to the Top,” aiming to prove that AI can be developed in a way that competitors will want to emulate. However, even as they push toward ever-stronger AI, questions remain about whether Claude and systems like it can truly be trusted to behave well and not produce harmful outcomes.
