Anthropic investor says AI firms are inflating risks to influence policy

In the excerpt, Lonsdale describes what the two companies are 'pushing right now' as 'very dangerous'. The article reports the criticism without stating when Lonsdale made the comments or in what setting they were made.

The excerpt quotes Lonsdale warning: 'we don't want an oligopoly that controls all of our policy here with the government.' The article identifies Lonsdale as an Anthropic investor but does not give a first name, a firm, or the size of any stake. The excerpt contains no other quotes from Lonsdale and no response from OpenAI or Anthropic to the accusation. It does not describe the specific policy positions Lonsdale objects to beyond the general claim that the companies are inflating risk.

The article places the criticism in the context of earlier lobbying by the companies. It states that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk argued in early September for tighter controls on advanced AI systems. The excerpt does not specify which controls were proposed, the venue in which the argument was made, or whether the three made the argument jointly. It likewise does not state which policies the companies are currently pushing, or what legislation or rulemaking is under consideration.