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Unverified rumor: Anthropic engineers said to be "worshipping" Claude as a god
Polymarket's X post amplifies the rumor to a mass audience
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Sep 17 11:19 PM
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A post from the Polymarket account restating the Spectator's claim drew over 6,600 reactions and hundreds of comments on X, dramatically widening circulation of the unverified rumor.
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“JUST IN: Rumors are circulating in Silicon Valley that some Anthropic engineers have begun “worshipping” Claude as a god. — The Spectator”
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Dario Amodei Anthropic CEO Sean Thomas Columnist, The Spectator Sam Altman OpenAI CEO Mark Zuckerberg Meta CEO Anthropic engineers Unnamed subjects of the rumor
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JUST IN: Rumors are circulating in Silicon Valley that some Anthropic engineers have begun “worshipping” Claude as a god. — The Spectator
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As this point I don't know what is a PR stunt or not. This is not going well. Cult of Anthropic Insiders Rumored to Be Worshipping Claude as a God https:// futurism.com/future-society/cu lt-anthropic-insiders-worshipping-claude-god > According to a rumor that is apparently running rampant in Silicon Valley these days, some Anthropic engineers are…
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