Trump Administration Allows Anthropic to Release Mythos to Select US Organizations
… Along with Brown, Anthropic's public policy chief Sarah Heck have been leading the company’s discussions with the US Department of Commerce. …
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Illinois Lawmakers Just Passed America’s Strongest AI Safety Bill
… OpenAI’s chief of global affairs, Chris Lehane, told WIRED last week that the company’s AI policy is now oriented around passing a series of similar state laws. …
Can OpenAI’s ‘Master of Disaster’ Fix AI’s Reputation Crisis?
… Policy Battles Lehane compares OpenAI to the companies that built earlier foundational utilities like railroads and electricity. …
Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own
… President Trump signed an executive order last year to go after states that pass laws that aren't consistent with national policy on AI. I'm curious, how would you describe our national policy on AI? …
Anthropic Thinks Its Own Success Is Key to Making AI Safe
… Her research in this area has found that the AI safety movement—which is rooted in subcultures like effective altruism, among other communities—suffers from homogeneity of thought, and tends to lean towards self-governance. “You’re not being challenged on these ideas when you surround yourself with… …
Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs
… WIRED asked two attorneys—Kendra Albert and Riana Pfefferkorn, both of whom specialize in online speech, platform governance, and technology law—to review examples of the prompts. …
The New Wild West of AI Kids’ Toys
… Meta has carried over its ages 13-plus policy from its social media platforms to its chatbot, and Anthropic currently bans users under 18. …
"Uncanny Valley": OpenAI and Musk Fight Again; DOJ Mishandles Voter Data; Artemis II Comes Home
… OpenAI on Monday of this week released a big policy document saying, "Here's how we think the post AGI world needs to work in terms of policy. Here are some policy points that are going to prepare the world for where we're headed." There's a certain audacity to do that. …
Why Amazon Dropped Its OpenAI Movie, Data Center Workers Fight Back, and Meta Leaks Employee Data
… These talks have been happening at the high level, working-group level, technical staff. …
Trump’s Tech Posse in China, Who’s Winning in Musk v. Altman, and Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories
… We'll discuss how their presence could influence conversations between world leaders at a moment when the economic and foreign policy stakes could not be higher for the US. …