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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Technology
Dani Oh

Michael Burry Blasts OpenAI and Anthropic Chiefs Over Doomsday Talk, Exposes the Big Game Behind It

Michael Burry argues that warnings about AI risks could serve incumbents as OpenAI delays a 2026 IPO and Anthropic considers going public (Credit: CNBC Television/YouTube)

Michael Burry has accused the chiefs of OpenAI and Anthropic of using increasingly stark warnings about artificial intelligence to protect their market position and shape huge future stock listings, just as rivals gain ground and the industry's biggest potential IPOs come into view.

The investor, whose bet against the US housing market before the 2008 financial crisis was chronicled in The Big Short, called the push to slow frontier AI development 'self-serving' in a post on X on Monday.

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