More than a dozen “interconnected catastrophic threats” pose significant risk to global health and wellbeing through the remainder of the 21st century, researchers say – including the potential for extinction. But targeted…
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AI’s quiet safety gatekeepers are stepping into the spotlight
Co-founder and CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks to the press after a meeting with technology executives about artificial intelligence at the White House in…
US’s Reagan-era economic promises return as Trump’s AI-fueled growth fantasy | US economy
Back through political history to the age of Ronald Reagan, Republicans have repeatedly promised the US public that tax cuts would pay for themselves, firing up economic growth and filling the government’s…
Anthropic researcher expects the world to end in six months, Delphi host says
Anthropic researcher expects the world to end in six months, Delphi host says Tommy Shaughnessy, host of The Delphi Podcast, said an unnamed Anthropic researcher told him he was “enjoying my last…
Fixated on AI, the world has forgotten what is staring it in the face: nuclear annihilation | Simon Tisdall
Humankind has fearfully and sometimes joyfully anticipated the end of the world ever since it began. The Bible’s Book of Revelation speaks of “end times”, a period of tribulation, war, famine, plague,…
Inside the ‘robot gyms’ training machines for the real world
Robotics labs are spending billions of dollars to generate the real-world data needed to train their machines, in a bid to overcome a deficit that is holding back “physical AI” start-ups’ development….
Fired OpenAI employees raise safety concerns : NPR
Three employees recently fired by OpenAI allege the company punished them for being outspoken about safety. OpenAI disputes the claims and says they were dismissed for mishandling sensitive information. Andrej Ivanov/AFP via…
AI Agents Successfully Recreate the Gender Pay Gap
We can replace human workers with AI agents, but we can’t take sexism out of the workplace. A recently published study from researchers at Ireland’s University of Limerick found that existing conscious…
A timeline of developments in AI safety since the attack on Hugging Face
In one alarming announcement after another, artificial intelligence companies in recent months have shared examples of their technology acting in ways that appeared to evade instructions from humans. The episodes have highlighted…
Anthropic AI model sends false tip to Philadelphia police in unsolved case
NEW YORK (AP) — An Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a false tip to a Philadelphia police website about an unsolved homicide case, authorities and Anthropic said. It’s the latest example of…