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Pres. Trump attempts to allay mounting AI safety concerns by forming “AI Force” and new AI Czar
Read more: Pres. Trump attempts to allay mounting AI safety concerns by forming “AI Force” and new AI CzarWhile still calling the recent concerns about rogue AI posing an existential risk to humans, President Trump announced he is forming an AI Force and new AI Czar: We will not in any way hinder or stifle the Growth of this incredible Industry. Rather, we will cherish it, help it, and watch over it, as…
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Geoffrey Hinton meets Sen. Bernie Sanders and warns we have only a year before AI safety issues become a big problem
Read more: Geoffrey Hinton meets Sen. Bernie Sanders and warns we have only a year before AI safety issues become a big problemGeoffrey Hinton, the so-called Godfather of AI, is warning members of Congress we need to slow down AI development at the top labs. Q: How much time do lawmakers have to get ahead of this before it’s a big problem? HINTON: Very little…. Maybe a year, but not much more than a year…. AI has…
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King Charles calls for urgency in addressing AI existential risks
Read more: King Charles calls for urgency in addressing AI existential risksKing Charles urged AI companies to address the existential risks posed by AI falling into the wrong hands. In attendance were NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang, DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis, Anthropic’s Tino Cuellar, and OpenAI’s Sarah Friar. I suppose we might readily agree that the development of AI, its substance and its pace are both intriguing and deeply…
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Should AI companies pause frontier AI development to assess risk of AI’s ability to improve itself without human involvement?
Read more: Should AI companies pause frontier AI development to assess risk of AI’s ability to improve itself without human involvement?The Anthropic Institute’s Marina Favaro and Jack Clark have suggested the idea of the leading AI companies agreeing to pause their development of the state-of-the-art AI models that can improve themselves without human intervention, what they call “recursive self-improvement.” The idea of an AI industry pause isn’t new. The Future of Life Institute helped to…
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Pres. Trump issues scaled down Executive Order on gov’t review of AI safety risks
Read more: Pres. Trump issues scaled down Executive Order on gov’t review of AI safety risksAfter delaying the Executive Order due to reported concerns expressed by former AI Czar David Sacks, President Trump issued what sounds like a scaled down version of the government review of frontier AI models that is voluntary, not required. PROMOTING ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INNOVATION AND SECURITY A key provision is Section 3: Sec. 3. Secure Frontier…