Nathan Lambert says Anthropic’s request for regulatory help preceded its distillation defenses

What happened

It’s bizarre to me how much noise Anthropic made asking for regulatory help before doing this. Hopefully this can reset the conversation. It was doubly bizarre because they emphasized the security risk of learning harmful behaviors from their leaky API. If the API is unsafe, don’t host it. Anthropic says it has made progress in reducing the effectiveness of distillation attacks against Claude and explains how: https://www.anthropic.com/research/distillation-defenses

The story so far

Anthropic said it has made significant progress over the past few months in reducing the effectiveness of distillation attacks against Claude and published a research post explaining its defenses. Nathan Lambert criticized Anthropic for seeking regulatory help before taking these steps. He also challenged the company’s emphasis on the security risk of learning harmful behaviors through its API, arguing that Anthropic should not host the API if it is unsafe. Lambert said he hoped the reported progress would reset the conversation.

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