Altimeter Capital CEO Brad Gerstner told CNBC's "Halftime Report" that extinction warnings from AI researchers are "hyperbolic scare tactics" hiding behind a political agenda. His firm invests in Anthropic, OpenAI, Glean, and Databricks. The comments followed former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon's resignation post accusing AI companies of "gambling with our lives," which sparked wider researcher concern about rapid AI development.
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