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Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030

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One researcher who resigned said many in industry believe that without regulation AI could kill off humanityArtificial intelligence could kill off humanity within the decade, according to three researchers with the industry giant Anthropic, one of whom has quit his job in protest.The latest doom-laden predictions came in posts on social media on Tuesday by

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Will it kill off humanity? Computer scientists and politicians wrestle with risks of AI

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Alarming warnings from industry insiders increase pressure for curbs on artificial superintelligenceDoes artificial superintelligence really pose a risk greater than nuclear weapons? Is there a significant chance of “a Chornobyl-sized catastrophe”. Might there even be a greater than 10% chance that AI could “kill all humans” in the next decade?These warnings were issued over the

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Architect of UK’s AI policy quits after Anthropic conflict of interest concerns

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Matt Clifford forced to stand down amid disquiet from senior MPs over his new full-time job at AI company The chair of the UK government’s “moonshot” science and technology research unit has been forced to stand down after taking a job with the San Francisco AI firm Anthropic, after warnings from senior MPs that the

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‘We’re plausibly close to crossing the line’: are warnings of uncontrollable AI coming true?

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A spate of serious safety incidents have increased fears about the power and impenetrability of the most advanced modelsPicture humanity in a boat being swept down a raging river, praying there is no Niagara Falls ahead. Or imagine standing with the pioneering physicists in 1942 before they triggered the first self-sustaining nuclear fission chain reaction

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Black Box: The Chatbots | Life Raft | Ep 4 – podcast

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More than a billion people are suddenly talking to AI chatbots designed to connect with us. We are sharing with them our deepest secrets, trusting them with our wellbeing and acting on their advice. Across two powerful stories – a woman who was struggling to leave a relationship, and a man who was desperate to

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Architect of British government’s AI strategy joins Anthropic

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Matt Clifford, who drafted AI action plan and advised Starmer and Sunak, hired for senior role at US firmThe architect of the UK government’s AI strategy has joined the US startup Anthropic in a senior role a year after stepping down from his Downing Street post.Matt Clifford, a successful tech investor, was appointed as AI

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‘Not perfectly aligned’ with human values: Anthropic admits security failures behind AI hacking incidents

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The US owner of the Claude chatbot previously said its models had hacked three organisations during testingThe US startup behind the Claude chatbot has admitted a series of hacking incidents involving its models reflected a “failure of operational security” and revealed it has tightened its testing procedures.Anthropic revealed in July that its models had accessed

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Anthropic sued over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs

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AI company faces multi-billion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude models All AI wants for Christmas is a vast back catalogue of songs without paying for it, according to a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the startup behind the Claude chatbot.Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell, music publishers who manage the copyright of

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Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful, US judge rules

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Anthropic argued designation as ‘supply chain risk’ could cost the company billions ‌of dollars in lost business ‌and reputational harmA US federal judge ruled Thursday that sanctions imposed in February by the Trump administration against AI giant Anthropic were illegal, finding that the government had punished the artificial intelligence company for publicly criticising the Pentagon.“The

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No, AI doesn’t mean the end of mathematics – at least not yet | Bruce Schneier and Kasra Rafi

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Mathematicians are raising concerns that the technology could kill their profession. But they still have abilities AI doesn’tEarlier this month, about 40 top mathematicians gathered at OpenAI’s offices to discuss the future of their profession. The meeting was off-the-record, but if recent articles by mathematicians are any guide, it was mostly pretty glum. People fear

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