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# AI Labs Warn of Risks While Racing to Scale and Go Public
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/ai-labs-warn-of-risks-while-racing-to-scale-and-go-public/
- Published: 2026-06-11T16:09:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-11T16:09:13.000Z
- Description: OpenAI and Anthropic have constructed a narrative of responsible governance—publishing safety research and policy recommendations—while simultaneously pursuing the opposite incentive structure: larger models and public markets.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-ai, model releases, ai safety and alignment, AI capability claims

Source: [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-anthropic-ai-risk-warnings-ipo-irony?ref=adjacent.media)

OpenAI and Anthropic have constructed a narrative of responsible governance—publishing safety research and policy recommendations—while simultaneously pursuing the opposite incentive structure: larger models and public markets. This isn't hypocrisy masquerading as caution; it's a structural contradiction where fiduciary obligations to investors, employees, and cap tables now override their earlier nonprofit or mission-driven positioning. The IPO trajectory matters because it locks in growth-at-all-costs economics and makes safety work a cost center rather than a competitive advantage, leaving actual AI governance to government actors who are years behind the technology.