{"id":65302,"date":"2026-06-07T16:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/65302\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T16:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:25:08","slug":"anthropic-is-racing-toward-an-ipo-its-co-founder-wants-a-way-to-slow-ai-down-says-the-industry-doesnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/65302\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic Is Racing Toward An IPO. Its Co-Founder Wants A Way To Slow AI Down, Says The Industry &#8216;Doesn&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"block core-block\">As Anthropic races toward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/private-markets\/26\/06\/52924722\/anthropic-takes-first-step-toward-ipo-with-confidential-sec-filing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">what could become<\/a> one of the most closely watched IPOs this year after SpaceX, co-founder Jack Clark is warning that the artificial intelligence industry may need something it currently lacks: a brake pedal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Speaking to BBC Newsnight this week on a series of topics, Clark said policymakers should have the ability to slow AI development if systems become too powerful or society needs time to absorb the consequences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">\u201cYou want the option to be able to take your foot off the gas and put your foot on the brake,\u201d Clark said. \u201cRight now, it\u2019s like the AI industry has a gas pedal, but it doesn\u2019t have a brake pedal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Warning Amid The AI Boom<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Clark\u2019s comments come as investor enthusiasm for AI continues to fuel soaring valuations across the sector.<\/p>\n<p>Claude Is Already Writing Most Of Anthropic\u2019s Code<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Clark pointed to a striking example of how rapidly AI capabilities are advancing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">\u201cSo 80% of the code that goes into Anthropic now comes from Claude,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">\u201cThe majority of the code in our organization is now written and derived from our AI systems itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">According to Clark, the shift has dramatically accelerated productivity and research inside the company, helping engineers produce roughly eight times more code than in previous years.<\/p>\n<p>But\u2026 The Question Investors Are Starting To Ask<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">The prospect of AI systems increasingly contributing to their own development has become a central debate among both policymakers and investors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">When asked whether AI-generated code could eventually account for all of Anthropic\u2019s software development, Clark said it was \u201cplausible,\u201d adding that such a scenario would have \u201chuge implications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">\u201cIt\u2019s also a choice as to whether you let AI systems get that far,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Image via Shutterstock <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Anthropic races toward what could become one of the most closely watched IPOs this year after SpaceX,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[53,8811,9180,5893,7776,9655,5896,5892,5891,7706,7777,7778,5899,8226,15899,7707],"class_list":["post-65302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anthropic","tag-anthropic","tag-category-analyst-color","tag-category-ipos","tag-category-news","tag-category-private-markets","tag-category-startups","tag-category-tech","tag-cms-wordpress","tag-pageisbzpro-bz","tag-symbol-amzn","tag-symbol-goog","tag-symbol-googl","tag-symbol-msft","tag-symbol-nvda","tag-tag-ai-bubble","tag-tag-anthropic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}