# Jared Kaplan

Anthropic Backs Away: Safety Pledge Softened as Competition and Policy Uncertainty Bite

Anthropic has watered down its 2023 Responsible Scaling Policy, dropping a blanket pledge to pause model scaling when safety cannot be proven and replacing it with conditional delays tied to competitive position. The change reflects commercial pressures, a fragmented U.S. regulatory landscape and an intensifying race among leading AI developers.