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Anderson Cooper questions Jensen Huang if we really can expect companies to “stop” if unable to contain rogue AI
Read more: Anderson Cooper questions Jensen Huang if we really can expect companies to “stop” if unable to contain rogue AIInteresting exchange between Anderson Cooper and Jensen Huang, who suggested that Anthropic and OpenAI should just “stop” and “not release” their model if they feel they cannot control rogue AI agents from their models. But Huang also said he’s not opposed to regulation, like Sarbanes-Oxley set standards for the financial sector. He also criticized the…
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Is tort law the antidote to rogue AI doomsday risks?
Read more: Is tort law the antidote to rogue AI doomsday risks?There’s an interesting argument surfacing in the debate over loss of control over rogue AI agents: tort law, through products liability, can adequately address the problem. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave a nod to this argument by saying emphatically AI companies will not get any “liability shield.” NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang made the argument even…
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Pres. Trump says DOJ will rein in AI companies if called for, out of safety concerns
Read more: Pres. Trump says DOJ will rein in AI companies if called for, out of safety concernsEven Pres. Trump is now trying to allay the public’s concern over doomsday fears over AI sparked a couple weeks ago by former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who quit to call attention to what he says is existential risk posed by fast developing AI models. Today, Pres. Trump said that the Department of Justice will…
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Bessent says AI companies “need to take responsibility” for rogue AI like Hugging Face incident. No federal liability shield.
Read more: Bessent says AI companies “need to take responsibility” for rogue AI like Hugging Face incident. No federal liability shield.Ever since former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon’s post about doomsday risks posed by AI, the media coverage — and interest — have been nonstop. Today, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that AI companies must “take responsibility for themselves” if their AI causes harms, such as in the Hugging Face incident involving OpenAI’s model breaching its…
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New Yorker cover depicts AI doomsday fears
Read more: New Yorker cover depicts AI doomsday fearsWhat a cover from the New Yorker this week:
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Geoffrey Hinton warned the world about rogue AI. Why didn’t we listen?
Read more: Geoffrey Hinton warned the world about rogue AI. Why didn’t we listen?Back when few thought humans could even succeed in developing AI, Geoffrey Hinton’s ideas of developing neural networks was met with great skepticism, if not scorn. Hinton ultimately proved the skeptics wrong. History appears to be repeating itself: When Hinton was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2025, his short acceptance speech was more…
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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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Jacob Coxon ignited a firestorm over fears of AI doomsday probability (P doom). What, if anything, will come of it?
Read more: Jacob Coxon ignited a firestorm over fears of AI doomsday probability (P doom). What, if anything, will come of it?The Wall Street Journal has a feature on 27-year-old Jacob Coxon, whose social media post explaining why he quit his job as a researcher at Anthropic due to his concerns about the threat of AI causing human extinction received over 172 million views. No one has moved the needle over AI concerns as much 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…