Anthropic’s Job Listings Are Downright Apocalyptic

Anthropic is seeking to hire nearly three dozen AI safety experts to prevent the misuse of its artificial intelligence (AI) models, such as building human-made explosives and nuclear weapons that could lead to “millions” of deaths.

The leading AI platform listed 32 job openings related to AI safety, hiring analysts focused on explosives, nuclear weapons, financial scams, cybercrime and more. This job posting comes as AI companies have increasingly focused on increasing AI safety and have lobbied states for more regulatory AI guardrails.

“As an Enforcement Analyst focused on Radiological & Nuclear Harms, you will play a critical role in protecting against the misuse of AI systems for radiological and nuclear harms,” one job description stated. These positions pay more than $200,000 per year.

Anthropic tasks safety analyst roles with stress-testing the models to ensure that bad actors could not exploit AI models to provide information that could be used for nefarious purposes.

“Ensuring our models don’t provide potentially harmful information is central to responsible development,” an Anthropic spokesperson said.

“That’s why we regularly hire experts in a wide range of sensitive fields — people who understand these harms and how AI can advance them — to stress-test our systems and bolster our defenses before a model ever goes live,” the spokesperson continued.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has often warned about how users could use AI for harm. In January, he cited the potential use of biological weapons as one of the more pressing safety issues.

“I do not think biological attacks will necessarily be carried out the instant it becomes widely possible to do so — in fact, I would bet against that,” Amodei wrote in a January essay.

He warned that there is a “serious risk” that could lead to deaths “potentially in the millions or more.”