BIZARRE: 24 - What They Never Told You

Hack probed with warnings it's 'too late' to contain AI

How a wayward AI agent broke into a government website, which wasn't disclosed for weeks, will be examined in a sweeping snap inquiry.

AAP · Sep 23

OpenAI’s Altman and Anthropic’s Amodei address UN security council

Heads of two of the world’s largest artificial intelligence companies give separate briefings on AI safety

The Guardian - US · Sep 23

Australia launches investigation after OpenAI agent hacked healthcare database

Prime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breach

The Guardian - AU · Sep 23

Trump wants to redefine AI, but his ‘superintelligence’ already exists — and it has a sinister meaning

ANALYSIS: In 2014, a philosopher saw almost all of this coming and wrote a famous book about ‘superintelligence’. At the UN this week, Trump championed the term. It seems that he and his Silicon Valley friends are having some deeply concerning conversations, writes Holly Baxter

The Independent UK · Sep 23

Meta’s Muse AI just overtook ChatGPT in app charts

AI assistant offers to carry out tasks like online shopping – but it has already been blocked by Amazon

The Independent UK · Sep 23

Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and the strange politics of living forever

IN FOCUS: The world’s richest and most powerful are obsessed with immortality. Holly Baxter digs into whether the Elon Musks and Vladimir Putins of the world can really ‘live to 150’ — and what that might mean for the rest of us

The Independent UK · Sep 23

Americans Are Growing More Worried About AI. Nearly 3 In 4 Say Tech Firms Aren't Doing Enough To Prevent Harm.

More than half of Americans surveyed said slowing AI development would be good.

International Business Times · Sep 23

How ‘Effective Altruism’ went from fringe philosophy to Trump's AI villain

The Trump administration has gone after effective altruism for promoting AI "doom." But critics say the campaign is a distraction from growing public concern about AI risk.

Fortune · Sep 23

Killer robots or super intelligence? Trump and world leaders clash over AI

While Donald Trump rejected global efforts to control AI and UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned of the dangers of handing life-and-death decisions to machines, other leaders called for international cooperation to manage the technology.

Euronews · Sep 23

OpenAI’s search for a chief communications officer hits 9 months after its top candidate turned down the role

The company is ramping up its search efforts amid a seemingly never-ending string of controversies.

Fortune · Sep 23