In a Bloomberg interview, Anthropic's Guillaume Princen said the company is willing to delay or limit powerful model releases if safety concerns arise, even at the expense of near-term revenue.

• Anthropic's Opus 5.5 is now about 40% cheaper than its predecessor, and customers are shifting toward using different models for specific tasks across the 5.5 family, according to Princen.
• Princen said Anthropic prioritizes safety over open-source and open-weight rivals, with third-party auditing and government cooperation, and is willing to delay or limit releases like Methos if safety concerns arise, even at the cost of near-term revenue.