Sep 14 Trump says the only AI guardrails the U.S. needs is him as president By Josh Boak, Associated Press He's opposed such efforts and claims doing so could cause China to eclipse America on AI development. Continue reading
Sep 14 What to know about recent dire AI predictions and calls for safeguards By Alex Veiga, Associated Press New warnings from within the artificial intelligence industry have revived a long-running debate over whether advanced AI could escape human control and ultimately threaten humanity’s survival, and whether the companies developing the technology are doing enough to prevent such a… Continue reading
Sep 12 Anthropic CEO says AI industry needs to give safety measures time to catch up By Stan Choe, Associated Press “I believe that if slowing down bought us even an extra year or two before models reach critical levels of capability, and we used that time to advance alignment, we could greatly reduce the risk that something goes seriously wrong,”… Continue reading
Sep 11 Anthropic says it blocked misuse of its AI that could have supported biological weapons By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Anthropic said Thursday it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use its artificial intelligence models for malicious activity such as cyberattacks, surveillance, and research that could have led to biological weapons. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 7:11 AI researcher warns companies are ignoring catastrophic risks By Geoff Bennett, Azhar Merchant Concerns about the risks of artificial intelligence, and whether the companies building it are doing enough to keep it safe, have erupted across the tech world. Jacob Coxon, who previously worked at Anthropic and OpenAI, wrote that the industry understands… Continue watching
Sep 09 Anthropic researcher's resignation sends warning about the dangers of AI development By Kaitlyn Huamani, Associated Press Jacob Coxon, who said he spent three years doing research at both Anthropic and OpenAI, said Tuesday on the social platform X that the two AI companies are more focused on beating each other and global competitors in developing the… Continue reading
Jul 31 Anthropic says its AI models hacked 3 organizations during testing By Chan Ho-him, Associated Press Anthropic, the San Francisco-based AI company behind Claude, posted on its website Thursday that it discovered the three incidents after reviewing more than 141,000 evaluation runs. Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch 5:59 Anthropic disables new AI model after White House security directive By Stephanie Sy, Jackson Hudgins The Trump administration forced Anthropic, one of the country’s leading artificial intelligence companies, to disable its new and powerful AI model, citing security concerns. It’s an unprecedented move that comes as the government struggles to define the guardrails for an… Continue watching
Jun 02 Trump signs executive order that allows voluntary federal vetting of top AI models for national security risks By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press It was not immediately clear to what extent the order signed Tuesday differed from the one he declined to sign on May 21. Continue reading
May 18 Pope Leo XIV to launch his first encylical, a document on artificial intelligence, with Anthropic's co-founder By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press The presence of Anthropic's Christopher Olah at the Vatican is significant, and suggests that the U.S. pope's position on AI will become a new flashpoint with the Trump administration. Continue reading