
Perplexity Co-Founder Challenges AI Safety Rationale in Frontier Research Debate
Andy Konwinski argues that AI safety concerns are being used to concentrate control of frontier research among a few private labs.

Brian Otieno
East Africa Editor · Nairobi
A public debate over who should govern access to advanced artificial intelligence research has drawn fresh commentary from Andy Konwinski, a co-founder of the AI search company Perplexity. According to reporting by Decrypt, Konwinski contends that arguments framed around AI safety are being used as a justification to restrict frontier research to a small group of private laboratories.
The Core Argument
Decrypt reported that Konwinski pointed to a controversy involving Anthropic — referred to as the "Fable 5" episode — as a central example in his case. In his view, as characterized by the outlet, allowing a limited number of private labs to determine who may conduct advanced AI research raises structural concerns about openness and access in the field.
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