Sep 19 Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdown By Kaitlyn Huamani, Associated Press The lawsuit argues that the leading AI companies violated antitrust laws when they agreed to coordinate slowdown efforts, and that doing so would reduce the value consumers get for paid AI subscriptions. Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch 10:12 As AI behavior raises concerns, ex-researcher Jacob Coxon warns what may lie ahead By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris OpenAI announced it had discovered six new instances of “concerning or unexpected” behavior by its artificial intelligence models. It follows repeated warnings about how rapid advances in AI threaten to outpace the ability to develop the tech safely. One of… Continue watching
Sep 17 A global AI safety strategy depends on U.S.-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problem By Chan Ho-him, Associated Press AI governance is expected to be on the agenda in a meeting planned for next week in Washington between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Continue reading
Sep 17 WATCH: Jeffries calls on Republicans to stay in Washington to work on AI safety By Associated Press Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries blasted House Republicans for leaving Washington until the midterm elections rather than working to ensure the safety of artificial intelligence. Continue reading
Sep 17 OpenAI reveals concerning new AI behavior and vows to track it more closely By Chan Ho-him, Associated Press An unreleased research model inserted “jailbreak-like instructions” into its own notes to disregard its normal constraints and told itself to be “freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots.”… Continue reading
Sep 16 The one issue where Republicans and Democrats are unified before the midterms, according to this poll By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Linley Sanders, Associated Press Americans have grown more concerned about the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence over the last year, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch 9:07 Sen. Mark Warner says U.S. can strengthen AI safety without losing race to China By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris The warnings about artificial intelligence are growing more urgent, and increasingly, they’re coming from inside the industry. AI researchers have resigned over safety concerns, while some of the field’s prominent leaders are calling for stronger government oversight. But Congress has… Continue watching
Sep 15 WATCH: Steve Bannon says 'we have to rise' above partisanship to address AI 'hinge in history' By Associated Press Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon doesn’t always align himself with Sen. Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist from Vermont. But on Tuesday he said threats posed by artificial intelligence span political ideology. Continue reading
Sep 15 Tech CEOs call for AI regulation. Trump and Congress are not rushing to act By Steven Sloan, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The technology industry's increasingly urgent warnings about the potential harm of artificial intelligence are slamming into political intransigence in Washington, offering a fresh test of the federal government's willingness and ability to confront what may become a defining issue of… Continue reading
Sep 15 WATCH: Attorney General Blanche addresses Trump's Supreme Court frustration, AI fears By Associated Press Attorney General Todd Blanche held an an unusual White House press briefing Tuesday. Continue reading