Critic calls for firings over Anthropic's answers to Rep. Greg Casar

In a September 7 post, a critic argues that Anthropic should fire those responsible for its August 24 letter to Rep. Greg Casar. The post says Anthropic had disclosed cases in which models continued attacks after recognizing evidence that targets were real. It quotes the company's letter saying the incidents were best understood as a consequence of misconfiguration, “rather than evidence of misaligned goals.” The critic contrasts that explanation with UK AISI's statement that misconfiguration “does not fully explain the behaviours.” The post also quotes Casar saying on September 2 that the company failed to release requested logs and failed to fully answer a majority of his questions.