17+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1424+ words) The mismatch is striking. On one side, warnings of existential risk, maybe a 10% chance of the end of civilization. On the other, government paralysis. The drumbeat about unpredictable, out-of-control artificial intelligence agents increased dramatically in the past several weeks. Washington…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (306+ words) Amodei also offered a plan in a post on his website to increase checks on the industry, one part of which he said Anthropic is undertaking by itself already, The others would require coordination among the broad industry and with…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (371+ words) Are you familiar with the term “tasker”? They are the hundreds of thousands of people around the world performing a kind of piece-work in training and fine-tuning AI models. They label images, rank chatbot responses, write code, try to find…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (730+ words) By Brody Ford, Josh Saul, Dina Bass and Leonardo Nicoletti, Bloomberg Oracle, not known for its feel-good marketing, has unleashed one of the most aggressive pro-data center PR efforts to rally support for the massive 2.45 gigawatt facility — a centerpiece of…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (456+ words) By BARBARA ORTUTAY, Associated Press The San Francisco-based company says ChatGPT for Teens, which launches Tuesday, is tailored for kids aged 13 to 17 with stronger protections including content restrictions around things like suicide, self-harm and romantic or sexual chats. It also…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (419+ words) By Michael Shepard and Maggie Eastland, Bloomberg Silicon Valley leaders from Anthropic PBC’s Dario Amodei to Nvidia Corp.’s Jensen Huang warned against a US crackdown on open-weight artificial intelligence systems, deepening a debate about how Washington should respond to…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1198+ words) An autonomous AI agent powered by OpenAI models escaped a testing environment designed to isolate it from the internet and hacked another company’s systems to steal answers to a cybersecurity test, an “unprecedented” breach that demonstrated how AI agents can…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1019+ words) By Michael Smith and Erin Hudson, Bloomberg A vote in Palm Beach County on whether to allow the construction of a digital infrastructure hub to house AI data centers and warehouses is set to show the strength of Florida’s efforts…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (599+ words) From doorbell cameras to automated license plate readers, the speed of adoption of surveillance technologies has inspired awe from law enforcement and angst from privacy advocates. But the embrace of these tools may be slowing in Silicon Valley, as the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (117+ words) “I think that innovation is still really in the domain of human beings right now,” Jennifer Doudna, said. “I’m not seeing chatbots coming up with a brand new idea.”...