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Anthropic researcher resigns, warning that AI companies are 'gambling with our lives'

Departing Anthropic researcher is not the first to warn AI labs are racing towards catastrophe. But this time, key staff members still at Anthropic publicly endorsed the view—with one putting the chance of AI causing human extinction at more than 10%.

Fortune

‘We really do believe AI could kill all humans’: Chilling response to Anthropic official’s notice

Three current or former Anthropic employees have raised concerns about AI spiraling out of control

The Independent UK

AI could kill all humans in next decade, warn experts: but how seriously should we take them?

Alarming warnings from industry insiders increase pressure for curbs on artificial superintelligence

The Guardian - UK

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Should the State Pay Stay-at-Home Moms?

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Reason

Bessent Says it Is Imperative For The U.S. To Win The AI Race: 'No Day After Tomorrow If China Wins'

"If they were to pull away from us on AI, then nothing else would matter," the Treasury secretary added.

International Business Times

An Anthropic Researcher Resigned To Sound The Alarm On The Dangers Of AI. A Top Company Scientist Agreed.

"Jacob is correct here — we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade," a top Anthropic scientist said.

International Business Times

AI poses risks to national security, Burnham says after Anthropic expert says tech ‘could kill all humans’

The Prime Minister was questioned in the Commons over the potential hazards of artificial intelligence

The Independent UK

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PM acknowledges AI ‘risks’ as Anthropic expert says tech ‘could kill all humans’

Andy Burnham said AI posed risks to national security but could also offer solutions to keeping the country safer.

Evening Standard

'A gamble with our lives': Ex-Anthropic researcher warns of AI 'catastrophe'

Jacob Coxon says AI executives privately fear catastrophe while racing to build it anyway. His exit follows a summer of AI containment failures and a new push in Congress to ban superintelligent AI outright.

Euronews

AI researcher quits job warning companies are 'gambling with our lives'

AN AI researcher has quit his post warning two companies are "gambling with our lives".

The National (Scotland)

Anthropic researcher resigns, says AI companies ‘gambling with our lives’ and ‘it could kill us all by the end of the decade’

"These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything."

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The Independent UK

OpenAI says its models solved one of math's hardest problems as researchers cry foul

US tech giant OpenAI on Tuesday said it had solved one of the hardest problems in mathematics with an unreleased artificial intelligence model after just 88 hours – and millions of dollars' worth of computing power. But a US mathematician and a researcher at rival Anthropic allege that OpenAI only…

France 24

Anthropic researcher quits over fears AI ‘could kill us all by the end of the decade’

AI firms are ‘gambling with our lives’, says Jacob Coxon, who has worked at both OpenAI and Anthropic

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The Economic Times

China's DeepSeek taps CITIC Securities for domestic IPO

DeepSeek's engagement of CITIC, which has not been reported so far, is an indication that the startup is moving along in its IPO plan. Companies seeking a mainland China listing typically appoint securities firms to conduct pre-listing tutoring before submitting an application.

The Economic Times

'AI could kill all humans’: Anthropic employee raises alarm over AI arms race

AI researcher Jacob Coxon has quit Anthropic and the AI industry, warning that companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI are moving too quickly towards superintelligence. He said advanced AI could pose an existential risk, while Anthropic researcher Evan Hubinger estimated a more than 10% chance of AI killing all humans…

The Guardian - UK

OpenAI claims to have solved maths problem that stumped humans for decades

Company behind ChatGPT says 10,000 of its AI systems cracked the Navier-Stokes problem in 88 hours

International Business Times UK

OpenAI, Google, Anthropic and xAI's Up-To-$200M Pentagon Deals Help Shape Military AI Strategy

OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and xAI have signed Pentagon contracts worth up to $200 million to develop AI tools for military use, raising concerns about oversight and ethical implications.

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Fortune

OpenAI says it cracked Navier-Stokes, one of math's grand challenges.

OpenAI denies it stole a mathematician's data. But his fear echoes concerns many CEOs have about AI companies.

France 24

French AI startup Mistral valued at over 21 billion euros after latest funding

French AI company Mistral announced Tuesday that it had raised three billion euros ($3.5 billion) in what it described as the largest-ever European tech fundraising, valuing the startup at over 21 billion euros. While still an upstart compared to the AI giants OpenAI or Anthropic, Mistral says it is carving…

The Economic Times

French AI company Mistral hits $24 billion valuation in funding round

Mistral said that the round was jointly led by existing investor PSG Equity, along with South Korea's Samsung Electronics and the EU-backed Scaleup Europe Fund, which both invested ‌in it for ⁠the ⁠first time.

The Economic Times

Anthropic drops pursuit of AI startup Decart valued at $6 billion

Anthropic has decided not to pursue an acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Decart AI, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The Guardian - UK

Architect of UK’s AI policy quits after Anthropic conflict of interest concerns

Matt Clifford forced to stand down amid disquiet from senior MPs over his new full-time job at AI company

International Business Times

Rogue AI Agents Are Democratizing Cyberattacks. Here's How.

Agents can already discover assets, enumerate services, and map an attack surface with little human input.

International Business Times UK

ChatGPT, Claude, Grok September 3 Outage Wasn't Caused by Astra, but Exposed a Bigger AI Problem Few Discuss

ChatGPT, Claude and Grok suffered separate outages on 3 September, exposing the opaque infrastructure relationships beneath competing AI services

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