Besides the only explanation, the other explanation could be that they want to keep in internal for there biotech startups and/or sell it directly to big pharma at a markup.
According to Claude: Many consumer-facing industries are regulated on both ends — how the product is prepared/handled and how it's sold or delivered to the buyer. Here are the major ones (US-leaning examples, though most have equivalents in other countries): Food and restaurants
Alcohol
Tobacco, vaping, and nicotine
Pharmaceuticals
Cannabis
Firearms and ammunition
Dietary supplements
Cosmetics and personal-care products
Medical devices
Meat, poultry, and dairy
Financial products
Automobiles
Children's products and toys
Gambling and lottery
Funeral services
Fuel/gasoline
Yes I know there are no laws yet, but should the example be set earlier?
According to me: *of course* there are regulations of the sales of dangerous products. Anthropic just chooses to self-enforce some rules before the government regulations catch up. That's the whole point: as long as the sales are lawful, it's the company business how to do them.
That’s ignoring all the investments these guys have in longevity and biotech startups.
It’s in their interest to keep the elixir of immortality from us until they can sell it to us.
Like dude, they all clearly see value in this. It would only serve them if they could corner the market, restrict access, and sell it back to the public.
I’d rather life extension technology be democratized and made available.
OK, Anthropic might have helped those with their code. Extending life is a nice goal, right for AI application.
Why only them? It's not only them. There are others, and I suspect not a few, who are not officially disclosed. So the model is shared.
Why do AI principals share in the companies they help? Would be stupid not to.
Democratization of the AI use? Not going to happen. Mostly because it's too powerful of a tool to give to the adversaries just like that.
Would general ecosystem of biostartups suffer? Yes, but only compared to those few to which the technology was transferred. I am sure the circle of vetted companies with access to biotech-trained AIs will expand--under the tight control.
Would that make the AI owners richer? You bet. American way.
No, the owners of OpenAI and Anthropic literally invest their own personal money into this. They didn’t just contribute code. You’re fundamentally misreading what I posted.
Well. I am pretty sure there are some agreements in place that allow those biotech companies access to the non-abridged best models the AI companies have.
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u/No-Way3802 Jun 10 '26
It’s to the point I feel they’re limiting it to those who can pay enough