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Anthropic Removes Biden-Era AI Safety Commitments After Trump Policy Shift
Anthropic has quietly removed several voluntary Biden administration AI safety commitments from its website, including pledges to share information on AI risk management and conduct research on bias. The removal coincides with the Trump administration's different approach to AI governance, including the repeal of Biden's AI Executive Order in favor of policies promoting AI development with less emphasis on discrimination concerns.
Skynet Chance (+0.06%): The removal of voluntary safety commitments and policy shifts away from bias monitoring and risk management could weaken AI oversight mechanisms. This institutional retreat from safety commitments increases the possibility of less regulated AI development with fewer guardrails on potentially harmful capabilities.
Skynet Date (-2 days): The Trump administration's prioritization of rapid AI development "free from ideological bias" over safety measures and discrimination concerns may accelerate deployment of advanced AI systems with less thorough safety testing, potentially shortening timelines to high-risk scenarios.
AGI Progress (+0.04%): While not directly advancing technical capabilities, the policy shift toward less regulatory oversight and more emphasis on "economic competitiveness" creates an environment that likely prioritizes capability advancement over safety research. This regulatory climate may encourage more aggressive capability scaling approaches.
AGI Date (-3 days): The new policy direction explicitly prioritizing AI development speed over safety concerns could accelerate the timeline to AGI by removing potential regulatory hurdles and encouraging companies to race ahead with capabilities research without corresponding safety investments.