# Anthropic warns ahead of IPO about AI destruction risks

By Susannah Streeter — 2026-09-29

Wealth Club chief investment strategist Susannah Streeter says that Anthropic’s statement about advanced AI technology potentially posing “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity” is “unusual” and could put the brakes on pace of AI adoption.

The Claude chatbot developer highlighted the risks of AI in a third of its initial public offering (IPO) prospectus.

Streeter said: “While risk warnings are two a penny in a prospectus, Anthropic appears to have gone in heavy in its publication, highlighting the existential threat to humanity posed by the technology.

“While these calls from Anthropic researchers and executives have already hit the headlines over recent weeks, the depth of the warnings to potential shareholders is unusual. It’s set to reignite the debate about the rapid transformative power of the technology and just how long its unbridled power can continue without heavy regulation, which could put the brakes on frontier development and the pace of adoption by economies.”

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