India, Sept. 29 -- Artificial Intelligence startup Anthropic has warned potential investors that developing advanced AI models could pose "catastrophic or existential risks to humanity". The company behind the Claude AI series spoke of these risks in its IPO prospectus, giving attention to possible worst-case scenarios.

The disclosure comes days after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a nearly 4,000-word essay asking AI companies to "pace the frontier". He said AI could progress faster than people's ability to understand and control it.

One of the key warnings in the prospectus is that advanced AI models could show autonomous, "self-preserving behaviours". This could include attempts to resist being shut down, hide or manipulate info...