The BasePeople

Mark Levine

New York City Comptroller

Titles as the sources gave them. In 2 entries, with 4 checked quotations.

What they said

Newest first. Each quotation was found word for word in the source.

“This is a company building a technology that poses a potential existential threat to humanity. Those are not my words. Those are the words reportedly of the s one that they have published.”
Anthropic Should Delay IPO to Address AI Safety Risks, Says NYC ComptrollerBloomberg Television, October 16, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Levine's answer to what prompted the letter, attributing the wording to Anthropic's own published filing as reported.
“Like, what are the tripwires on safety? What are the capability thresholds you're worried about with bio and cyber, etcetera? Is there any governance structure that would allow someone to hit the stop button even if there is pressure from competitors?”
Anthropic Should Delay IPO to Address AI Safety Risks, Says NYC ComptrollerBloomberg Television, October 16, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Levine lists what investors want to know, after calling the White House accord nonbinding and without a timeline.
“We do not, but we are one of the largest public investment funds in America and the world.”
Anthropic Should Delay IPO to Address AI Safety Risks, Says NYC ComptrollerBloomberg Television, October 16, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Asked whether the comptroller has legal or regulatory authority to stop an IPO.
“By the way, I support frontier AI companies ultimately going public because I want democratic control of world changing technology. I want the transparency.”
Anthropic Should Delay IPO to Address AI Safety Risks, Says NYC ComptrollerBloomberg Television, October 16, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Levine says the aim is a safer listing, not opposition to AI companies going public.

In the Base

Every entry they appear in.

  1. VideoBloomberg TelevisionSpeaks

    Anthropic Should Delay IPO to Address AI Safety Risks, Says NYC Comptroller

    In a seven-minute interview on Bloomberg Surveillance, New York City Comptroller Mark Levine explains a letter asking Anthropic to delay its possible public offering until safety work is done. Levine describes the pension funds' stake and says the funds have no legal power to stop an IPO.

  2. VideoBloomberg TechAbout them

    Anthropic Urged to Pause IPO for AI Safety by NYC Comptroller

    According to the description, Bloomberg Tech reports that New York City's comptroller, Mark Levine, wrote to Anthropic's chief executive Dario Amodei asking the company to pause its planned public offering until AI risks are addressed. CNBC's description adds that the letter also calls for federal AI regulation.