Anthropic's book-burning scandal proves 'safety' has a price
anthropic's dario amodei faces a reputation crisis after reports revealed the company destroys rare books for data while fighting open-weight competition, exposing deep hypocrisy in its 'safety' stance.
anthropic's reputation is crumbling following revelations that the company shredded rare books to build training data, a practice known as project panama, while simultaneously lobbying against 'open-weight' model distribution. the backlash intensified after dario amodei resisted industry support for open models and argued against competitors distilling anthropic's outputs, despite his company training on copyrighted work. prominent figures like david sacks labeled the behavior breathtaking hypocrisy, while reports suggest policymakers worry about a market duopoly between anthropic and openai. this shift mirrors the loss of public trust seen with sam altman, suggesting that the industry's 'safety' champions are losing credibility.