Trump calls AI oversight a 'globalist scheme' as Amodei and Altman head to the UN to ask for it The clash comes days before Trump meets Xi Jinping in New York. Fortune · 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
Meet Gagan Biyani, Indian-origin entrepreneur behind Andreessen Horowitz’s new school that won't give degree but would charge $60k to $90k because Sam Altman, Satya Nadella will take classes Silicon Valley entrepreneur Gagan Biyani, best known as a co-founder of online learning platform Udemy, is now taking on an unusual education venture: a new San Francisco academy backed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, or a16z. Biyani is the CEO of the newly launched Horowitz Andreessen Academy, a private,… The Times of India · Sep 23
Trump insists the US ‘win AI’ over China — or else. The reality is even more stark IN FOCUS: Unlike when the US went all out to beat Russia to the moon, Trump is both feeding China the means of production on AI, and using Xi Jinping as a bogeyman to eschew guardrails for the tech. That strategy, writes Andrew Feinberg, ties in to something a handful… The Independent UK · 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
Could a US-China 'hot line' be set up for AI risks? With unchecked development of artificial intelligence sparking deep fear even among leaders in the sector, the United States is looking at establishing a dedicated communication channel with China on the issue. The United States and China, engaged in competition for leadership in AI development, are reluctant to impose significant restrictions… The Economic Times · Sep 23
America’s Tech Elite Are Sounding the Alarm on AI. They’re Also Already the Richest People in the World. AI executives have started warning that the tech they've helped create is dangerous. But are their concerns genuine, or just a clever form of moat-building? Barchart · Sep 22
Anthropic And OpenAI Are Facing Stiff Competition From Open-Weight Competitors. They Are Releasing Cheaper Models. OpenAI introduced GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna, cutting API prices by 50%, while Anthropic unveiled Claude Opus 5.5. International Business Times · Sep 22
Altman and Amodei Have Warned The World About Uncontrolled AI. They Will Now Address The UN Security Council. The Security Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss AI and international security. International Business Times · Sep 22
OpenAI’s leaders among the few who got an invite to Trump-China state dinner: report Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Google CEO Sundar Pichai are also expected to attend The Independent UK · Sep 22
If AI is going to destroy humanity, Scott Bessent says hyperscalers, not government, must take the fall: 'We cannot absolve you of responsibility' "That's good business for them, bad business for the American people." Fortune · Sep 22
OpenAI sued over school shooting Lawsuit alleges the AI firm failed to tell law enforcement that the shooter had used ChatGPT to plan the massacre. The Independent UK · Sep 22
British Columbia Sues OpenAI, Claims It Failed to Alert Police After ChatGPT Warnings Before Mass Shooting British Columbia alleges OpenAI failed to alert police after flagging ChatGPT activity linked to the Tumbler Ridge shooter, seeking damages and changes to the company's safety practices International Business Times UK · Sep 22
The Guardian - US · Sep 22 British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over Tumbler Ridge mass school shooting Canadian province alleges deadly attack could have been prevented if company had warned police of shooter’s ChatGPT use
The Economic Times · Sep 22 British Columbia sues OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge school shooting The lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court names OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, as defendants. It is seeking damages to cover what the province has and will spend on its recovery from the February attack, as well as an order directing changes to the way the company handles…
The Conversation · Sep 21 Calls for global regulation of AI are growing. What exactly could it look like? Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appears to be listening to artificial intelligence (AI) firms’ warnings to the world about the dangers of the technology they are developing.
Fortune · Sep 21 ‘They must be doing it for ulterior reasons’: Jensen Huang says AI leaders are ‘irresponsible’ for scaring the public with ‘doomsday narratives’ The Nvidia CEO says “there is a 0% chance” of AI doomsday—and the AI pioneers may have their own motives for pushing AI slowdown.
The Economic Times · Sep 21 OpenAI calls for US to take lead in global efforts to develop technical standards AI will be a key topic of discussion at the high-level UN General Assembly this week after several AI industry leaders - including OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman - called for a coordinated slowdown of the development of the increasingly powerful technology, warning it could soon improve on its own…
International Business Times UK · Sep 21 Trump Calls AI Fears a 'Hoax' as Family Deepens Investments Across AI Economy Donald Trump has rejected warnings about catastrophic AI risks as reporting examines his family's investments and businesses linked to artificial intelligence, data centres and energy infrastructure.
Euronews · Sep 21 For once, Big Tech agreed on something — now it's being sued for it Four AI giants publicly agreed to slow their own technology in the name of safety — but now a new lawsuit argues that "agreement" was really an illegal pact to shortchange paying customers.
The Economic Times · Sep 21 Sam Altman was just 19 when he left Stanford to build an app Loopt that struggled to take off; years before ChatGPT, Green Dot paid $43.4 million for it Years before ChatGPT, Sam Altman left Stanford at 19 to build Loopt, a location-based social networking app that struggled to attract users. Green Dot later acquired the startup for $43.4 million, seeing value in its mobile technology, patents and experienced team. The acquisition made strategic sense even though Loopt had…
Newslaundry · 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,…
Latin Times · Sep 20 Why Four Subscribers Are Suing Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and xAI Over an Alleged Pact to Slow AI Down Four subscribers sue Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and xAI, alleging a safety pledge to slow AI was really an illegal pact to hold products back.
Fortune · Sep 20 AI agents are agreeing and acting: machines are now smarter than humans. Their principals merely agree The Big Men of AI agree that the frontier must be paced but they do not have the incentive to tie their own hands. Others do.