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Anthropic chief scientist
But we don't think it makes sense for us to stop engaging with AI research, AI safety, and most likely lose relevance as an innovator who understands the frontier of the technology, in a scenario where others are going ahead and we're not actually contributing any additional risk to the ecosystem.
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Jared Kaplan, quoted in Billy Perrigo, “Exclusive: Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge,” TIME, February 24, 2026.
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Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely
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AI Verified Kaplan rejects stopping AI research while competitors advance, strongly bearing on the safety of pausing frontier AI. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified Recorded against matches Kaplan’s statement that stopping AI research while others advance makes no sense. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified TIME (Feb. 24, 2026) attributes this exact wording to Anthropic chief scientist Jared Kaplan. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago
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