I think Anthropic will tone down the hype in their PR. So there is hope.

AI companies no longer talking about AI risk is a good thing now?

No longer saying its some skynet-esque superintelligence in order to gain more relevance and mindshare in the eyes of average people is good, yes.

I think you do not even have the faintest understanding of how good these models are getting and how quickly. It's not slowing down. That is exactly what they are building. You should make some friends at the labs to better inform yourself.