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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Technology
Niloy Chakrabarti

Big Short's Michael Burry Hopes Markets Crash to Stop 'Skynet IPO' for Humanity's Benefit

Burry’s warning followed reports of Anthropic’s prospectus flagging AI’s potential to resist shutdown or manipulate information. (Credit: Bloomberg TV/YouTube)

The Big Short investor Michael Burry said in a Tuesday X post that markets should tank hard enough to halt OpenAI and Anthropic initial public offerings for the benefit of humanity, as US President Donald Trump left AI companies to self-regulate intelligence development.

Burry also concurred with an X user who jokingly commented, 'Tank the market so Skynet can't IPO.'

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