Podbit · All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Anthropic could implement Know Your Customer verification tomorrow. It doesn't. If the safety mission were real, KYC would let researchers like Friedberg prove their legitimacy and get unblocked. The fact that Anthropic chose blunt surveillance instead of targeted verification is the tell that safety isn't the actual goal.
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Fable 5 tops benchmarks but stores all prompts for 30 days, secretly downgrades AI researchers, and buries the policy in a 319-page document [1] — David Sacks "Anthropic's Fable 5 stores all your prompts for 30 days, secretly downgrades users it deems unworthy — including rewriting their prompts in…" 09:30 . Friedberg reveals his genomics lab is migrating to Chinese open-source AI as a result [2] — David Friedberg "Anthropic's safety restrictions have begun blocking legitimate gene-editing and genomics research at Ohalo, Friedberg's agricultural biotec…" 05:14 .
Anthropic's safety restrictions have begun blocking legitimate gene-editing and genomics research at Ohalo, Friedberg's agricultural biotech company. The result: they're migrating to Chinese open-source models. US AI over-restriction is directly handing China a competitive advantage.
David Friedberg noted that the best open-source models available today are Chinese, meaning US AI restrictions push companies toward Chinese AI tools.
Anthropic's Fable 5 stores all your prompts for 30 days, secretly downgrades users it deems unworthy — including rewriting their prompts in the background — while still charging full price. Enterprise customers with zero-retention agreements get no opt-out. This isn't a bug; it's the product.
Anthropic's Fable 5 stores every prompt and output — including from enterprise customers with zero-data-retention agreements — for at least 30 days, with no opt-out.
Anthropic isn't just worried about safety — it's running a sophisticated regulatory capture campaign. While surveilling users and downgrading competitors, Dario simultaneously blogs for a new FDA-style AI regulator. The target isn't dangerous actors; it's open-source alternatives.
Fable 5 would silently nerf its output for users Anthropic deemed unworthy — including rewriting prompts in the background — while still charging full price.
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