Salesforce's Marc Benioff to AI industry: Regulate yourselves or get sued The outspoken CEO is hosting the company's annual Dreamforce conference this week in San Francisco. Fortune · Sep 16
Divisions emerge in the tech industry over calls for a coordinated AI slowdown Concerns about artificial intelligence evading human control have intensified in recent days The Independent UK · Sep 16
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind Want AI to Be Regulated — Here’s Who Could Pay the Price OpenAI and Anthropic say AI needs tougher safety rules, but regulation could also raise costs for smaller rivals. As open models get cheaper, incumbents may have another incentive to support stricter rules. Barchart · Sep 16
Microsoft AI Chief Calls Out Anthropic Over Its Approach To Ai. He Claims Its Dangerous. Mustafa Suleyman said he agrees with Anthropic's mission of developing safer AI systems but believes the company made a mistake by including speculation about AI consciousness in training materials for Claude. International Business Times · Sep 16
ChatGPT CEO Sam Altman gives chilling warning after fears grow over out-of-control AI IN FULL The Independent UK · Sep 16
ChatGPT boss Sam Altman says ‘the world is right to be afraid’ of AI – but asks people to ‘trust us’ ‘We are going to do the right thing because it's the right thing and we feel the magnitude of this,’ says OpenAI chief executive The Independent UK · Sep 16
Ivorian footballer Malick Yalcouyé falsely accused of lying about his age During a Premier League match between Chelsea and Brighton, social media users started spreading rumours that 20-year-old Ivorian footballer Malick Yalcouyé is older than he claims to be. The rumours gained such proportion that the youth club where he trained decided to post photos of Yalcouyé throughout the years. Recently,… France 24 · Sep 16
AI Is Already Killing People—and Governments Are To Blame Militaries are leaning on AI software for surveillance and targeting. Reason · Sep 16
Sam Altman says he likes to relax by watching 5-10 minutes of short-form, TikTok-style videos—but admits the dopamine rush is ‘dangerous’ for kids OpenAI’s billionaire CEO Sam Altman enjoys scrolling TikTok before bed—and he’s not the only CEO who does. But he wouldn’t let his son use the app. Fortune · Sep 16
OpenAI Rogue Agents Hacked Hugging Face In July. Researchers Say Warning Signs Appeared Two Months Earlier. OpenAI has separately acknowledged that some early signs of unauthorized agent behavior should have triggered a faster response. International Business Times · Sep 16
‘Godfather of AI’ says tech regulation is nearing Covid-style pivot moment Safety crisis makes it more likely that governments will be spurred into action, says Yoshua Bengio The Guardian - UK · Sep 16
The dominance of AI is not inevitable. We can choose to change things for the better Countries have come together before to make international agreements in the face of existential threats The Guardian - AU · Sep 16
Everything Australians put online could be scraped for AI under proposed new rules. How will you be affected? The Albanese government is considering reforms that give US big tech unrestricted access to Australian content The Guardian - AU · Sep 16
Investors Reportedly Offered OpenAI a New Funding Round After Postponed IPO. Valuation Could Top $1 Trillion. Some described the potential round as a way for employees to sell stock. International Business Times · Sep 16
The Economic Times · Sep 16 OpenAI tests advertiser-sponsored agents, expands AI tools for ChatGPT ads OpenAI said on Wednesday it has introduced AI-powered tools for advertisers and begun testing business-sponsored agents for users to chat with, stepping up its push into the increasingly competitive market for AI-driven marketing.
Barchart · Sep 16 ’AI Not Worth Pursuing’ If It’s Not ‘Helping Humanity.’ Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Pushes Back on Anthropic’s Control Framing and Offers a Practical Way Out. Nadella backed Anthropic's AI safety push but rejected centralized control, saying AI is not worth pursuing if it's not for the betterment of humanity.
The Times of India · Sep 16 How a Florida man’s private AI conversations led to an FBI investigation A former analyst from Goldman Sachs faces repercussions after admitting to using ChatGPT to threaten his ex-girlfriend. He pleaded guilty to charges of stalking and making written threats to kill. OpenAI intervened by notifying federal officials upon recognizing alarming dialogue. Zhou has been sentenced to eight years of probation along…
International Business Times UK · Sep 16 Bill Gates Warns No Government Is Prepared for AI Shift as He Says Leaders Are 'Way Behind' Bill Gates has warned that governments are struggling to keep pace with artificial intelligence, citing risks to jobs, security and equality while backing investment to expand access to AI tools.
International Business Times · Sep 16 Zuckerberg Shares His View On AI Safety, Appears To Differ From OpenAI and Anthropic "Labs face significant liability if their models cause harm, so they have a strong incentive to prevent this," the Meta CEO said.
Barchart · Sep 16 Washington’s AI Safety Push Meets Anthropic CEO Amodei’s Call to Slow AI Development. What That Means for Nvidia and Chip Stocks. Washington’s push for AI safety rules and calls from industry leaders to slow frontier AI development could weigh on chip stocks in the near term, but the ultimate impact hinges on whether those efforts actually curb AI infrastructure spending.
Euronews · Sep 16 Got a rogue AI? A new hotline is encouraging agents to tell on each other Two new hotlines are giving AI agents a way to report suspected misbehaviour by other agents, following a series of incidents.
The Guardian - US · Sep 16 Allowing AI firms to collude to ‘pace the frontier’ is a dangerous proposition Tech CEOs banding together is an old ruse recycled from corporate America to get a pass from antitrust laws
The Guardian - UK · Sep 16 ‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation US vice-president’s comments come as former Anthropic researcher revisits recent claim AI could destroy humanity
The Guardian - US · Sep 16 The US government is failing Americans on AI Trump and Republicans want companies to regulate themselves. It’s a dereliction of duty that will make AI less safe
Fortune · Sep 16 OpenAI IPO looks like a no-go: Sam Altman is discussing a new round of VC funding valuing the company at $1.2 trillion Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.