纽约，10月2日：根据路透社看到的Anthropic公司的IPO招股说明书，该公司警告称，政府对该公司及其技术的态度可能会对其业务产生广泛影响，包括其与商业客户和合作伙伴的关系。
NEW YORK, Oct 2 : Anthropic warned that government attitudes toward the company and its technology could have broader implications for its business, including its relationships with commercial customers and partners, according to the IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
许多公司都会提醒投资者：政策变化可能会影响它们的业务，尤其是那些与政府有合同关系的公司。例如，SpaceX在其IPO文件中就指出，与美国政府机构保持良好的关系对其业务至关重要，并警告称任何关系的恶化都可能严重损害其维持现有业务和获取新机会的能力。
Companies routinely warn that policy changes could affect their business, particularly government contractors. For example, SpaceX said in its IPO filing that maintaining strong relationships with US government agencies is critical to its business and warned that any deterioration in those relationships could materially harm its ability to retain existing business and win new opportunities.
Anthropic的这份招股说明书中的警告显得更为严厉，暗示政府对该公司及其行为的看法可能会超出其直接业务范围，进而影响到其客户、合作伙伴以及其他商业关系——甚至可能对整个文明产生负面影响。文件中提到，先进的人工智能技术可能对人类构成“灾难性或生存威胁”。对于这样一家计划通过IPO融资（其估值可能高达2万亿美元）的公司来说，这样的警告显得格外引人注目（因为该公司正是依靠这项技术来获取利润的）。该公司表示，来自政府机构合同的收入仅占其年收入的不到1%。
Anthropic's disclosure appears broader, suggesting that government perceptions of the company and its conduct could extend beyond its direct dealings to affect customers, partners, other commercial relationships — and even civilization. The filing warns that advanced AI could pose "catastrophic or existential risks to humanity," an extraordinary warning by a company planning an IPO that could be valued at $2 trillion for the firm's capacity to profit from the same technology. The company said revenue from government agency contracts accounts for less than 1 per cent of its annual revenue.
随着人工智能技术的快速发展、全球竞争的加剧以及监管的不足，Anthropic已成为人们关注的焦点。最近，随着多起关于“恶意自主人工智能系统”发起黑客攻击的报道，人工智能安全问题再次引起了公众的广泛关注。Anthropic的首席执行官Dario Amodei呼吁整个行业放慢人工智能技术的研发速度。上周日，Amodei还与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普共进了晚餐；与此同时，要求加强对人工智能行业监管的呼声也在不断高涨。
The company has become a magnet for concern about the risks carried by the rapid advancement, intense global competition and limited oversight of AI technologies. The broad question of AI safety has come into the public eye recently with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call for the industry to slow its development, following repeated accounts of hacking activity by so-called rogue autonomous AI agents. Amodei met US President Donald Trump last Sunday for dinner as calls for greater regulation of AI have grown.
不过，据路透社周三报道，美国联邦贸易委员会正在对包括Anthropic在内的多家人工智能公司展开全面调查。
Trump has largely rejected those calls, though the Federal Trade Commission is conducting an industrywide probe of AI firms including Anthropic, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
在招股说明书中，Anthropic列举了过去一年中与美国政府发生的几起互动事件，作为可能对其业务造成影响的例子。
In the prospectus, Anthropic cited several interactions with the US government over the past year as examples of actions that could hurt its business.
文件指出：今年2月，美国总统下令各联邦机构停止使用该公司的模型；美国国防部将Anthropic列为对国家安全构成威胁的供应链风险源。
The filing said that in February the president ordered federal agencies to stop using the company's models and that the US Department of Defense designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk to national security.
Anthropic表示：“这些事件可能导致公司收入大幅下降或业务运营受到严重干扰。”
"The company may experience material revenue losses or business disruptions attributable to these events," Anthropic said.
该公司还提到：6月，美国商务部对其Fable 5和Mythos 5模型实施了全球出口限制，迫使其不得不为所有用户停用这些模型以确保合规性。虽然后来商务部解除了这些限制，但Anthropic警告称类似措施未来仍有可能再次发生。
Anthropic also said that in June the US Department of Commerce imposed worldwide export restrictions on its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, prompting the company to disable the models for all customers to ensure compliance. While the Commerce Department later lifted those restrictions and Anthropic redeployed the models, the company warned that similar actions could occur in the future.
Anthropic警告称，此类措施可能会对其声誉造成严重损害，包括负面媒体报道、公众的密切关注，以及现有和潜在客户、合作伙伴、员工及投资者对其的负面看法。
Such measures could result in "significant reputational harm, including adverse media coverage, public scrutiny, and negative perceptions among existing and prospective customers, partners, employees, and investors," regardless of the ultimate outcome.
此外，该公司还指出：向政府机构销售产品存在额外的风险，例如政府对其自身或其技术的看法可能会发生变化。
The company added that selling to government agencies carries additional risks, including changes in the government's view of Anthropic or its technology.