AI godfathers warn of runaway ‘intelligence explosion’ OpenAI chief scientist also among authors of report on prospect of ‘most consequential technological development in history’ The Guardian - UK · Sep 28
AI leaders have known about the extinction threat for decades Scientists and entrepreneurs knew the dangers of AI a quarter-century ago. But animated by curiosity and profit, they went ahead anyway The Guardian - US · Sep 28
'Godfather of AI' explains how humanity could end: Even without a bad actor, AI 'may derive subgoals that cause it to want to get rid of people' "But at present, their main concern is not our well-being. Their main concern is to achieve whatever goal you give them." Fortune · Sep 26
The world freaked out about AI doomsday. Now what? Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will meet each other next week, but it’s unlikely they’ll agree to AI regulation The Guardian - US · Sep 22
Bessent Said His Meeting With a Top Chinese Counterpart Was 'Successful.' They Discussed An AI Mechanism. Bessent met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng ahead of the summit between the countries' heads of state on Thursday. International Business Times · Sep 21
The men building AI want us to fear it. We should – but not for the reasons they give Is AI going to run wild and kill us all – or are the concerns lately voiced by the bosses of the AI titans just some kind of convenient business ploy on their part? Those bosses include Dario Amodei of Anthropic, which owns Claude; his rival Sam Altman of OpenAI,… Newslaundry · Sep 21
S&P 500 Edges Up But Closes The Week In The Red. Treasury Yields Rose. Oil had a volatile session after Saudi Aramco told European buyers it doesn't have crude shipments for next month. International Business Times · Sep 18
Gavin Newsom Signs Executive Order To Speed Up AI Oversight And Create a 'Kill Switch' "With Donald Trump and Congress failing to lead, California is stepping up to keep all Americans safe," Newsom said. International Business Times · Sep 18
The 'Godfather of AI' Warns Time Is Running Out For Congress To Regulate The Technology. He Gave a Specific Window "Maybe a year, but not much more than a year," said Geoffrey Hinton. International Business Times · Sep 18
Why this AI doomsday warning from former Anthropic researcher broke through Last week, researcher Jacob Coxon announced his resignation from Anthropic, stating that AI ‘could kill us all by the end of the decade’ The Guardian - US · Sep 15
Doomers vs boosters: Who's who in the global fight over the risks of AI Anthropic's Dario Amodei warns AI could wipe out humanity, while Nvidia's Jensen Huang calls it nonsense. Meet the key players shaping the world's fiercest tech debate. Euronews · Sep 15
Doomers and boosters: who's who in the AI wars The furious debate over artificial intelligence has hardened into warring camps -- and a cautious middle. Today, most of the doomers warning against the impact of artificial intelligence come from inside the companies themselves, from academia, or both. The Economic Times · Sep 15
After a decade of failed bills and three years of resignations, Washington finally discovers it cares about AI safety Jacob Coxon's resignation didn't start this fight, but his resignation ignited the moment officials on both sides stopped staying quiet about it Fortune · Sep 12
Humans have what it takes to regulate AI THE INDEPENDENT VIEW : Editorial: Enlightened, inspiring leaders can come together to make common cause – as has happened with successive treaties on nuclear disarmament and carbon emissions The Independent UK · Sep 11
The Independent UK · Sep 10 Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post assures everyone talk of AI killing humans is nothing to fret about The news outlet, whose owner recently co-founded an AI company, instead warned about looming government overreach against Big Tech
Fortune · Sep 10 Why did this AI doomer moment break the internet when so many others didn't? A researcher's resignation post over AI extinction risk has drawn over 100 million views, telling us something about ourselves and AI.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 8 State handouts, 10,000 lasers – and Trump’s election: six things we learned from the Elon Musk film Alex Gibney’s marathon documentary delivers numerous eye-raising insights into the broligarch’s business deals, early idealism and apocalyptic appetite for fathering children
International Business Times UK · Sep 8 New Alex Gibney Four-Hour Documentary Critiques Elon Musk, Calling Him a 'Man Who Has Lost His Mind' Alex Gibney's documentary 'Musk' premieres at the Venice Film Festival, scrutinising Elon Musk's influence and divisive reputation. The film explores Musk's impact beyond technology, featuring diverse perspectives.
International Business Times UK · Sep 3 EY Is Betting $100M on Human Workers, Giving Them Up to $25,000 Bonuses for Skills AI Can't Replicate Ernst & Young US is investing $100M in a rewards program to foster future skills and innovation amid AI's impact on accounting and services. It empowers employees to excel and drive change.
International Business Times UK · Sep 3 Musk May Have Collected Intimate Data on Millions of Americans for Possible Political Use, Documentary Claims Alex Gibney's documentary 'Musk' investigates Elon Musk's alleged access to sensitive government data, raising concerns about potential misuse in elections and AI-driven politics.
International Business Times UK · Aug 17 'Godfather of AI' Warns Tech Firms Are Selling AI That Will 'Do the Work of Workers Much Cheaper' AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton has warned that Big Tech is pouring money into systems designed to replace, not just assist, human workers, risking 'massive unemployment' in the coming decade.
Fortune · Aug 16 ‘Godfather of AI’ says billionaires like Elon Musk are right about the future of work—but he predicts mass unemployment is on its way While tech leaders paint a positive future where work is optional thanks to AI, the "Godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton warns they’re “betting on AI replacing a lot of workers.”
International Business Times · Aug 7 The 'Godfather Of AI' Says The Worst Is Yet To Come With Smarter Models Becoming Harder To Control AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton has warned that increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems will become harder to control, saying recent incidents involving OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta may be early signs of more sophisticated rogue behavior to come.
TechRadar · Aug 6 Quote of the day by computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton on AI: 'It is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things' — a pessimistic take on the domination of new technologies by those with ulterior motives A pessimistic take on the domination of AI tools by those with ulterior motives
International Business Times UK · Aug 6 'We Can't Outthink Them': Hinton Warns Recent Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta Incidents Signal a 'Rogue AI' Era Geoffrey Hinton warned advanced AI is creating 'new kinds of beings' whose goals could become increasingly difficult for humans to predict.