{
  "id": 10632823,
  "title": "Anthropic warns of ‘existential risks to humanity’ from AI; AstraZeneca makes $2bn cancer drug tie-up – business live",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/anthropic-warns-of-existential-risks-to-humanity-from-ai-astrazeneca",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-29T06:53:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/sep/29/anthropic-ipo-warning-existential-risks-to-humanity-from-ai-astrazeneca-2bn-cancer-drug-tie-up-diesel-stock-market-live-news-updates"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Anthropic, the creator of the AI model Claude, has warned of potential \"existential risks to humanity\" from artificial intelligence. In their IPO prospectus, the company revealed plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing, and infrastructure expenses over the next few years to support its rapid expansion. Investors are confident that Anthropic can achieve a valuation of over $2 trillion, which would be double the level of its last funding round in May and surpass the $1.78 trillion valuation of SpaceX in June. The company's backers attribute their optimism to Anthropic's impressive growth rate.",
  "summary": "Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news The Financial Times have also scrutinised Anthropic’s IPO prospectus, and report that the Claude maker also provided investors with a clearer picture of the challenging economics of building state of the art AI models. The FT says : Anthropic said it plans to spend $518bn on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in the coming…",
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    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "'AI could endanger humanity': Anthropic warns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/ai-could-endanger-humanity-anthropic-warns",
        "published": "2026-09-29T01:07:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "OpenAI scraps GPT-6.1 Astra release over safety, Anthropic warns of AI risks in IPO filing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/openai-scraps-gpt-6-1-astra-release-over-safety-anthropic-warns-of-ai",
        "published": "2026-09-29T02:54:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Anthropic to warn investors of AI's 'risks to humanity'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/anthropic-to-warn-investors-of-ais-risks-to-humanity",
        "published": "2026-09-29T06:07:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Technology",
        "title": "Anthropic warns of ‘existential risks to humanity’ from AI; AstraZeneca makes $2bn cancer drug tie-up – business live",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/anthropic-warns-of-existential-risks-to-humanity-from-ai-astrazeneca-10633712",
        "published": "2026-09-29T06:53:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "This Is Money",
        "title": "AI giant Anthropic warns of 'existential risks to humanity' as it targets $2trn stock market debut",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/ai-giant-anthropic-warns-of-existential-risks-to-humanity-as-it",
        "published": "2026-09-29T08:42:28.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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