Sitcom produced entirely by AI is released on YouTube No Big Deal is set inside the chaotic world of venture capital. The Independent UK · Sep 14
Volkswagen Just Unveiled The Most Efficient EV Ever Tested The “near-production” Mission Efficiency EV has the same underpinnings as the ID. Polo, but turns the efficiency dial to 11. InsideEVs · Sep 14
AI warnings - latest: Trump lashes out at ‘hoax’ safety fears as experts warn of imminent catastrophe Leaders at Claude’s Anthropic and ChatGPT’s OpenAI agree their technology could wipe out humanity The Independent UK · Sep 14
Global AI stocks fall as industry chiefs call for slowing development Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, in a lengthy essay shared on X on Saturday, called on AI companies to slow the rate at which they advance model capabilities amid mounting fears of misuse of artificial intelligence. Both Elon Musk, who runs xAI, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said they agree… The Economic Times · Sep 14
OpenAI urges UK lawmakers to rein in technology amid growing safety fears Company behind ChatGPT tells ministers to seize ‘political window’ on regulation as cross-party committee warns of rising threats to human rights The Guardian - UK · Sep 14
China's spy chief warns of national security risks from AI The head of China's spy agency has warned that artificial intelligence endangers the country's national security, with foreign powers potentially using the technology to threaten social order. "Foreign intelligence agencies are deeply using technologies such as intelligent web crawlers, intelligent data mining, and intelligent profiling analysis to extensively collect and… The Economic Times · Sep 14
Junior Bankers Spend Hours Building Models And Pitchbooks. OpenAI Wants ChatGPT To Do That Work. Morgan Stanley and Evercore helped shape the specialized ChatGPT product as OpenAI pushes deeper into work traditionally handled by Wall Street analysts. International Business Times · Sep 14
GMB presenter ‘rageful’ after interview with AI actress Tilly Norwood Norwood – who is the creation of actress, comedian and producer Eline Van der Velden – was interviewed live by host Ed Balls and Susanna Reid . The Independent UK · Sep 14
Ionna’s EV Charging Network Grew 50% In Just Six Months The manufacturer-backed American charging network’s expansion shows no signs of slowing. InsideEVs · Sep 14
Humanoids will have their ‘GPT-3.5’ moment within 5 years, says AGIBOT co-founder Yao Maoqing Robot dance shows grab headlines, but China's humanoid makers are racing to find real uses in hotels and factories. Fortune · Sep 14
Tesla Semi Is Heading To Europe With One Big Advantage—And One Major Weakness The American-built electric big rig trades range for payload. InsideEVs · Sep 14
AI is remaking the workforce faster than universities can decide how—or whether—to teach it Some professors have banned it in the classroom while others have incorporated it into the curriculum. Fortune · Sep 14
‘They’re likely to get squeezed’: AI slop books are flooding online marketplaces—and it’s coming at the expense of paychecks for human authors A recent study found thousands of self-published books on Amazon that were at least 50% generated by AI. Fortune · Sep 14
'You need to accelerate': AI doomsday calls batted away All Australia has to fear from AI is fear itself, industry leaders and techno-optimists say amid mixed signals about the booming technology's dangers. AAP · Sep 14
The Guardian - UK · Sep 14 Pixel 11 Pro Fold review: the foldable with the best triple camera Big screen folder with slick software and advanced AI is just like a regular Android when closed
The Economic Times · Sep 14 New warnings about the risks of AI to humanity revive a long-running debate The CEO of Anthropic, the San Francisco company behind Claude, said he thought the industry needed to reduce the speed of its work, cautioning Saturday that a swarm of AI agents might be able to take over the internet in six months to a year unless companies devoted more time…
The Economic Times · Sep 14 'Competitive pressure cannot justify recklessness': Sam Altman calls for rules to manage frontier risk In a series of posts on X, Altman says that if AI is used to impose a view on everyone else the results could be 'extremely dystopian'.
The Guardian - US · Sep 14 AI CEOs say they need to slow the pace of development. But will they? After apocalyptic warnings about the the threats posed by AI, leaders like Sam Altman and Elon Musk backed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s calls to ‘slow the pace’
The Guardian - UK · Sep 14 ‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Dorset B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’ Three little letters - bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees threat to global brand
The Economic Times · Sep 14 China state newspaper blasts Anthropic's calls to slow AI as 'Cold War' tactic In the essay published on Saturday and later endorsed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, Dario Amodei outlined a framework to pace the development of frontier AI model capabilities and create more time to manage mounting safety risks.
International Business Times UK · Sep 14 King Charles Meets AI Chiefs in Scotland as Experts Warn Rapid Automation Threatens Ordinary Jobs King Charles hosts AI chiefs in Scotland days after Dario Amodei urged the industry to slow down and Sam Altman and Elon Musk agreed within a day.
The Economic Times · Sep 14 Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella backs need for evaluators for AI systems amid 'slowdown' debate Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella urged strict human control and deliberate pacing in AI development. His comments follow Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's proposal to slow AI progress and use independent safety evaluators, an initiative endorsed by industry leaders like Sam Altman and Elon Musk.
The Economic Times · Sep 14 SoftBank shares slide 13% after AI chiefs sound alarm on safety The company plans a ¥1 trillion ($6.5 billion) retail bond issue and a $10 billion loan linked to OpenAI shares as it finances deals such as the acquisitions of ABB Robotics and DigitalBridge. SoftBank’s also floated plans to build data centers around the world.
The Economic Times · Sep 14 Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon advocates for 'kill switch' for AI systems In an interview to NBC News' Meet the Press, Coxon advocated for measures to put in effect the slowdown including the possibility of a 'kill switch'.
The Economic Times · Sep 14 Is it possible to slow down the development of AI? Top AI executives say they want to slow the breakneck pace of artificial intelligence development, but competition, US government reluctance and geopolitical factors stand in the way. However, the AI race and China's advances in the field create "the toughest dilemma" regarding whether or not to slow down AI development,…