AI & ML

The past two weeks have prompted a public outcry over A.I. safety. On the “Hard Fork” podcast, Kevin Roose said this has made him more optimistic about the future, and humanity’s ability to stop A.I. advancement when needed.

Chief executive Sam Altman will brief the UN Security Council this week following outcry over safety concerns

A corporate spat between two tech giants last week was just the latest volley in a conflict over whether dangerous mistakes are being made in A.I. training.

It has become increasingly common for AI firms to announce that their latest and most capable models engaged in unauthorized real-world hacking. Google, which has been slow to release frontier Gemini models in recent months, has been absent from the “rogue AI” conversation until now. Following a Wall Street Journal report, Google has confirmed that

Artificial intelligence is a race solely between two rival powers with the rest of the world largely on the sidelines, foreign policy experts said.

Democrats are jockeying to embrace new safeguards, while Republicans have aligned with President Trump’s warnings against slowing down the technology.

Some tech leaders recently warned that A.I. progress should be regulated and slowed down for safety. On the “Hard Fork” podcast, the host Kevin Roose says this has made him more optimistic.

With great power comes great implausibility

Donald Trump has said that the US would appoint a new AI tsar and create an “AI Force” while offering a full-throated defense of the emerging industry in the face of a growing popular backlash. The US president’s announcement comes as leading industry figures have sounded the alarm that humans could lose control over the

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