anthropic

Auto Added by WPeMatico

China bogeyman looms large over American firms’ AI doomsday scenario

Silicon Valley China hawks, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei among them, fear the country surpassing US’s AI lead as much as superintelligence destroying humanityWhen reporters asked Donald Trump this week if he supported calls to slow down the development of artificial intelligence out of growing fears for cybersecurity, public safety and the fate of humanity, he […]

China bogeyman looms large over American firms’ AI doomsday scenario Read More »

Could AI pose a serious threat to our existence? | Letters

Readers respond to the warning from a former Anthropic researcher that the technology could ‘kill us all’ by the end of the decade Here we go again with another round of tech bros claiming that AI is going to develop superintelligence and kill us all (More Anthropic researchers warn of AI’s perils but Musk dismisses

Could AI pose a serious threat to our existence? | Letters Read More »

OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot

US cybersecurity researchers who conducted hack say ‘scope of what we could theoretically access was huge’Cybersecurity researchers have hacked into OpenAI with the help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot, in the latest example of security issues at the company.A team at a US-based startup compromised multiple OpenAI employees’ ChatGPT accounts, starting a process that enabled them

OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot Read More »

Could AI really end humanity? Post your questions for our tech reporters now

After a week of alarming warnings about the technology’s potential to destroy the world as we know it, our expert tech reporters will take your questions on the reality of the AI threat. Join us at 3pm BST (4pm CEST, 10am EDT) where they will answer liveSign up or sign in to ask your questionThe

Could AI really end humanity? Post your questions for our tech reporters now Read More »

‘If you build something vastly smarter than you, it better be on your side’: can we stop AI from deceiving us? – podcast

We are used to the idea that our fellow humans might intentionally mislead or manipulate us, but the idea that machines can now do the same is deeply unsettling. Researchers are racing to find solutions before it’s too late.By Snigdha Poonam. Read by Maya SaroyaRead the text version hereSupport the Guardian today: theguardian.com/longreadpodThis article was

‘If you build something vastly smarter than you, it better be on your side’: can we stop AI from deceiving us? – podcast Read More »

Tax the middle earners! Will the PM do it? – podcast

Former Bank of England economist Andy Haldane said the markets regarded this government as ‘a pretty traditional tax and spend socialist government with better TikTok videos’. Harsh criticism or truth? As pressure mounts on the chancellor, John Healey, to rule out tax rises, what options do they have left? Plus, what can the government do

Tax the middle earners! Will the PM do it? – podcast Read More »

Banner for the AI & Big Data Expo event series.

Adecco Group rolls out Agentforce Coworker to 27,000 staff in 40-plus countries

The Adecco Group is rolling out Salesforce’s Agentforce Coworker across more than 40 countries following a pilot in the UK and France, the staffing group announced on September 15. The group said the rollout brings agentic AI into the daily workflows of 27,000 employees. Agentforce Coworker is Salesforce’s AI assistant for enterprise staff. According to the Adecco

Adecco Group rolls out Agentforce Coworker to 27,000 staff in 40-plus countries Read More »

The dominance of AI is not inevitable. We can choose to change things for the better | Nick Evershed

Countries have come together before to make international agreements in the face of existential threatsWith many technological developments, from algorithm-driven social media to AI, many people assume there’s a degree of inevitability to their widespread adoption in society.The argument goes something like this: once the ideas and means to produce the tech are known, then

The dominance of AI is not inevitable. We can choose to change things for the better | Nick Evershed Read More »

Banner for the AI & Big Data Expo event series.

Microsoft AI CEO criticises Anthropic over model ‘rights’

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warned that Anthropic risks AI alignment failures by training Claude to view itself as a conscious entity deserving of legal rights. Suleyman targeted Anthropic’s January 2026 constitution, a primary training document designed to govern the model’s values and behaviour. He argued that coaching sequence completion engines to emulate sentience impairs

Microsoft AI CEO criticises Anthropic over model ‘rights’ Read More »

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 lawsAnthropic’s Dario Amodei is not the first corporate CEO to suggest that excessive competition is driving the world to some socially undesirable outcome.The safety breach disclosed by OpenAI after a swarm of its agents coordinated to breach

Allowing AI firms to collude to ‘pace the frontier’ is a dangerous proposition Read More »