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Former President Barack Obama has called on Democrats to make artificial intelligence a “central agenda” and develop a “very clear plan” to address its economic impact and safety risks, according to a transcript of a Democratic fundraising event on Thursday. The remarks come amid escalating debate over AI regulation, with some industry leaders urging guardrails and others warning against slowing innovation.
US President Donald Trump has downplayed the risks posed by artificial intelligence, dismissing dire warnings from experts as the work of 'negative forces', while top industry figures including Elon Musk and Sam Altman have backed calls to slow development to reduce the chance of catastrophe.
yesterdayIn an open letter, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has warned that within the next six to 12 months, an AI-powered botnet swarm could become capable of taking over the entire internet, potentially causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damage. Amodei is urging the industry to slow the pace of frontier AI development and implement stronger guardrails before such capabilities emerge.
yesterdayJacob Coxon, a 27-year-old researcher who worked at OpenAI before joining rival Anthropic, resigned this week with a stark warning that people building artificial intelligence are ‘gambling with our lives’ — a claim that has drawn both support from colleagues and scepticism from some Silicon Valley executives and investors.
yesterdayIn a rare display of consensus, OpenAI chief Sam Altman and xAI founder Elon Musk have endorsed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's appeal for a deliberate slowdown in artificial intelligence development, following his stark warning that unchecked progress could enable an AI network to overrun the internet as soon as next year.
yesterdayA former researcher at AI safety company Anthropic has told the BBC that employees at leading AI firms are 'genuinely frightened' about the pace of progress and the risk of human extinction. Jacob Coxon, 27, resigned from Anthropic and his departure post went viral, as industry leaders including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and xAI's Elon Musk publicly agree on the need for slower, regulated AI development.
yesterdayApple has launched new smartphones under the name 'iPhone Duo,' according to a newsletter from The Verge. The newsletter's author mentioned 'devouring every iPhone Duo video I can find,' linking to Apple's product page. No further specifications or pricing were provided in the brief mention.
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