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Anthropic Walks Back Policy That Could Have ‘Sabotaged’ AI Researchers Using Claude
Anthropic reversed a policy that would have covertly limited Claude’s ability to aid in developing competing AI models after researchers criticized it. The company changed course following pushback from AI researchers.
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