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Anthropic chief scientist
We felt that it wouldn't actually help anyone for us to stop training AI models. We didn't really feel, with the rapid advance of AI, that it made sense for us to make unilateral commitments … if competitors are blazing ahead.
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Jared Kaplan, Anthropic chief science officer, interviewed by Billy Perrigo, “Exclusive: Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge,” TIME, February 24, 2026. TIME identifies Kaplan and attributes the quote to him; he explains why Anthropic did not think it should stop training models unilaterally while competitors continued.
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