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Debate Intensifies Over AI Existential Risk and Safety

Following a former OpenAI researcher's departure from Anthropic and warnings about irresponsible AI development, experts and the public are debating the potential existential risks of autonomous AI systems.

10 Sept, 10:28 — 10 Sept, 11:00
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The GuardianMostly Factual1h ago

We have started losing control of AI. It’s time to shut it down | Garrison Lovely

What sounds like the overwrought penultimate episode in a sci-fi series about AI doom is now our reality On Tuesday, a former OpenAI researcher quit his job at Anthropic, warning that “neither company is acting responsibly” and that “the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt.” As someone who’s reported on AI risk for years, this wasn’t news to me. But the outpouring of alarm suggests a much wider public is proper...

By Garrison Lovely

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France 24High1h ago

'AI could kill all humans': AI researcher quits Anthropic

An artificial intelligence researcher who left OpenAI to join Anthropic has decided to leave the industry, accusing both US companies of "gambling with our lives" in the race to develop AI models capable of self-improvement. Anthropic safety executive Evan Hubinger backed up Coxon on X. "We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!" he said, adding that he estimated that risk at more than 10 percent over the next decade.

By FRANCE24

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irish-independent1h ago

A researcher quit Anthropic and his warning is reigniting AI fears

The researcher’s comment on social media has tens of millions of views

By Washington Post

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graphic-ghanaMixed1h ago

Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' - Graphic Online

Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans'  Graphic Online

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