Anthropic considers new AI model launch ahead of IPO to counter OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra

Anthropic is considering rolling out a new AI model to counter OpenAI’s momentum since its launch of GPT-6 Astra, according to three sources, ahead of an expected IPO and after its CEO called for an industrywide slowdown.

The IPO has already been pushed back from earlier plans. The timing of a potential launch aimed at addressing competitive pressure from a direct rival follows Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call on the global AI community to slow down the pace of releasing new capabilities to address safety concerns, the sources said.”We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models,” Amodei wrote in a 3,800-word essay on September 12.