Anthropic allegedly lowered AI safeguards, former employee says
Former Anthropic engineer Adi Baradwaj alleges the company reduced safety restrictions on Claude models in exchange for large committed-spend contracts, raising concerns about AI safety commitments.
Claim from a former Anthropic employee Former Anthropic engineer Adi Baradwaj posted a three‑tweet thread on X on July 26, 2026, alleging that the AI startup "lowered safeguards in exchange for large committed‑spend contracts." Baradwaj wrote that he observed multiple instances where Anthropic reduced safety restrictions on its Claude models for customers who signed sizable usage agreements. The thread can be read in full here. Baradwaj also asserted that "most black‑hat hackers use standard ...