A deep dive into the founding of DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic, as many of their backers feared the risks of advanced AI, but hoped to safely shape it (New York Times)

New York Times:
A deep dive into the founding of DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic, as many of their backers feared the risks of advanced AI, but hoped to safely shape it  —  The people who were most afraid of the risks of artificial intelligence decided they should be the ones to build it.  Then distrust fueled a spiraling competition.