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Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company behind the Claude chatbot, has formally warned that AI may pose 'existential risks to humanity' in its IPO filing, according to a Reuters exclusive. The disclosure marks a rare instance of a company flagging catastrophic AI risk in regulatory paperwork, drawing attention as the firm prepares for a public listing amid scrutiny of AI safety.

Economist Tyler Cowen argues in a new essay that people risk letting artificial intelligence erode their own thinking skills, urging readers to use AI as a tool rather than a substitute for judgment. His warning lands amid a broader debate about how heavy reliance on chatbots may affect learning, writing and critical reasoning.