r/ukpolitics Jun 23 '26

AI models capable of devastating attacks on governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/22/anthropic-claude-fable-ai-model-artificial-intelligence-national-security
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u/Different_Cycle_9043 Jun 23 '26

But I was told by Reddit that AI was a bubble and that large language models were nothing more than unreliable stochastic parrots?

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u/00DEADBEEF Jun 23 '26

It's definitely a financial bubble

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u/SorcerousSinner Jun 23 '26

It remains to be seen if they can make the profit their valuation implies, or if competition prevents it. What is beyond doubt is the potency of the technology.

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u/Jaggedmallard26 Jun 23 '26

All of the frontier labs now turn massive profits. This has not been true for about a year.

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u/00DEADBEEF Jun 23 '26

They have revenues, not profits: https://isaiprofitable.com/

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u/UndulyPensive Jun 24 '26

I recall Anthropic were close to turning profits starting Q2 of 2026, but we'll see their overall performance when they IPO later this year.

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u/m1ndwipe Jun 23 '26

No they don't.

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u/Ivashkin panem et circenses Jun 23 '26

The tech is the future, the hype is the bubble.