On The Call Anthropic’s Australia tour; Canva sparks job cut fears.
This week Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei signed a memorendum of understanding with the Australian government during his tour in the country. During the trip Amodei spoke to a roomful of politicians in Canberra, telling them that the technology his company builds could upend labour markets supercharge cyberattacks, and arrive faster than any government is equipped to handle.
Meanwhile Canva has moved to rally fears of job cuts after a since deleted internal post from co-founder Cliff Obrecht sent alarm bells ringing inside the company.
We discuss:
- Anthropic's Australia tour & MOU
- Anthropic's safety-first positioning
- Anthropic's political positioning and AI doomsaying as a strategy
- Xero and Anthropic's deal
- Canva's job cut fears
- The Jevons Paradox
- Donald Trump's national address and Anthony Albanese's national address.
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