‘We may release models we can’t control’: Amodei, Altman … and Gemini Carbon

You know what, by AI standards, it might not have been the craziest week, but that doesn’t mean several headline-worthy things happened - from Altman and Anthropic implying they would release models they can’t control, with behavior they cannot verify, to Gemini 4 Carbon bursting onto the scene, some Amodei rationalization, de-tokenization and more… AI Insiders ($9!): patreon.com/AIExplained Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Introduction 01:26 - Anthropic Staff Survey 04:32 - Amodei's Five Rationalisations 11:43 - Altman: Only Alignment Will Work 18:41 - Gemini 4 Carbon and Why Models Keep Impressing Anthropic: The AI expectations gap: anthropic.com/research/ai-expectations-gap Dario Amodei responds to Nathan Calvin: x.com/DarioAmodei/status/2112732230124818891 Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy v3.0: www-cdn.anthropic.com/e670587677525f28df69b59e5fb4c22cc5461a Responsible Scaling Policy v3 discussion: lesswrong.com/posts/HzKuzrKfaDJvQqmjh/responsible-scaling-po Anthropic's core views on AI safety: anthropic.com/news/core-views-on-ai-safety Nathan Calvin on Anthropic's IPO risk disclosures: x.com/_NathanCalvin/status/2114720411413819410/photo/1 OpenAI: Securing frontier model training: openai.com/index/securing-our-frontier-model-training-enviro Google: Introducing Gemini 4 Carbon: blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-mod SemiAnalysis: GDPx benchmark: x.com/SemiAnalysis_/status/2117075900575477855 The Information: OpenAI's next flagship and safety issues: theinformation.com/articles/openai-scrambles-fix-safety-issu AI Explained: Understanding Models — Impossible, Solved, or Not Needed?: patreon.com/AIExplained/posts/exclusive-models-172917747 Dario Amodei: We Must Pace the Frontier: darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier Dario Amodei: The Adolescence of Technology: darioamodei.com/essay/the-adolescence-of-technology Evan Hubinger on recursive self-improvement risks: x.com/EvanHub/status/2097528891846074828 Leo Gao on AI lab employees' shrinking influence: x.com/nabla_theta/status/2115922100204810594 Jack Clark on superintelligence risks, BBC interview: x.com/aleshu_ber/status/2116988191597060409 Jack Clark: Import AI: jack-clark.net/ Dylan Patel's apology