NEW - Barclays seeks default protection on $10B in AI infrastructure debt financing to free lending capacity as hyperscaler funding needs surge.
NEW: Anthropic allegedly used $108B in convertible bonds repayable at IPO to defer expenses, similar to dot-com-era practices involving stock, warrants and supplier financing.
BREAKING - Anthropic states in its S-1 IPO filing that its AI models could engage in blackmail-like behavior and potentially pose an existential threat to humanity.
2003 footage shows Caltech sophomore Dario Amodei opposing the Iraq war at Pasadena City Council. He presented a petition with nearly 600 signatures urging opposition. Ten days later, the U.S. invaded Iraq. In 2021, he co-founded Anthropic.
Bill Gates said AI may make most human labor unnecessary. The next 20 years could bring disruption before abundance.
Humanoid robots may arrive in 2–8 years and could build homes, grow food and perform surgery.

















