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- Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir and 8VC and an investor in Anthropic, said AI companies are attempting to sway public policy by warning of existential AI risks
- Lonsdale's accusation was reported on Friday by Reuters' Joe Brock, framing existential-risk rhetoric as a lobbying tactic
Why it matters: Lonsdale, who personally holds a financial stake in Anthropic while running rival AI infrastructure plays through Palantir and 8VC, is publicly calling out existential-risk framing as policy lobbying — a critique that carries credibility precisely because he sits inside the same investor ecosystem.
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