The UK Launches Its $675 Million Sovereign AI Fund
…Under the plan, the government intends to “position the UK to be an AI maker, not an AI taker.” Though the UK is home to prominent companies like Google DeepMind, ARM, and…
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Elon Musk Testifies That He Started OpenAI to Prevent a ‘Terminator Outcome’
…Molo explained that Musk lobbied governments to pass regulations addressing the prospect of so-called artificial general intelligence, including meeting with then-president Barack Obama in 2015. “But the government was not…
Anthropic Thinks Its Own Success Is Key to Making AI Safe
…It sees AI as both extraordinarily powerful but ultimately governable, provided the right people lead its development. But the truth is that no one knows exactly how AI will change the world…
China’s OpenClaw Boom Is a Gold Rush for AI Companies
…One person told MIT Technology Review that he has installed the AI agent over 7,000 times for about $34 a pop. Even local Chinese governments moved quickly to capitalize on the…
Anthropic Confidentially Files for What Could Be the Largest IPO Ever
…But Anthropic’s complicated corporate structure and governance, including its status as a public benefit corporation that partly answers to a committee the company calls a Long-Term Benefit Trust, could lead…
Europe Is Fed Up and Wants Its Own AI
…Yann LeCun, the AI pioneer who recently resigned as Meta’s chief AI scientist, is pursuing Project Tapestry, a massive effort among governments and private industry to join forces in building a…
Palantir Demos Show How the Military Could Use AI Chatbots to Generate War Plans
…AI in war settings. For the project, Palantir developed a product known as Maven Smart System, sometimes simply called Maven. Maven is managed by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, the government body…
Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck
Customer service calls and chats with the Sears Home Services AI bot Samantha were exposed and publicly accessible until a researcher reported the situation—revealing personal details from calls and chats, including…
SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Anthropic Is Paying $15 Billion a Year to Access Its Data Centers
…In recent weeks, advocacy groups including a leading US teachers’ union, AI safety researchers, and environmental organizations operating near SpaceX facilities have called on investors to think twice before buying shares in…
You Can Now Sound the Alarm on AI Behaving Badly
…A spate of recent incidents involving popular AI tools shows how easily the technology can go bad. This week, a company called LayerX disclosed a way to dupe AI-infused web browsers…