For 10 years, I’ve listened to people say AI will kill us all. Here’s what I think
These apocalyptic ideas feed into a viciously recursive AI hype cycle, and serve the sector’s abysmal hunger for investment capital
Anthropic
Will Anthropic’s $2tn IPO make AI safer or more dangerous?
Investor demands could pull against the safety warnings coming from inside the AI industry
‘A lot of ’em can’t even spell AI’: The technology-extinction debate convulses America
An insider’s warning about the power of AI has triggered a spectacular debate in the US
Will AI kill us all?
Developments in artificial intelligence can sound quite terrifying, but the real dangers are not yet clear
OpenAI boss ‘confident’ industry can police AI safety
Sam Altman and other tech CEOs say there are incentives to limit advancements in AI, as fears grow over the threats it poses to humanity
AI could kill us all, say whistleblowers. Here’s why
In the News podcast: Speed of AI development prompts dire warnings
We must heed clear warnings on dangers of AI
It seems Big Tech players have lost control of their own products
Anthropic tells investors it will be profitable for second straight quarter
Claude maker seeks to ease cash burn concerns before blockbuster IPO amid fears over pace of AI development
Donald Trump says attempts to limit artificial intelligence are part of ‘sick conspiracy’
US president says he is only ‘guardrail’ needed to control AI despite growing alarm over the technology
Global stocks fall amid surge in oil prices and rising government bond yields
Technology stocks under pressure as leaders of top AI companies push for slower pace of development
‘Gambling with our lives’: How talk in AI companies is increasingly turning to doomsday
Researchers in big tech firms are sounding the alarm about the dangers of artificial intelligence
West fears AI may kill us all but China and others see ‘immense’ opportunity
Developing countries hope that AI will allow them to leapfrog entire stages of technology development
OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on ‘reckless’ AI development
Rival technology leaders throw weight behind appeal from founder and chief executive of AI company Anthropic
Anthropic says it blocked possible efforts to build biological weapons and deadly pathogens
Report comes two days after former employee quit claiming company’s models could cause human extinction by 2030
Pilita Clark: The Michael O’Leary-style outspoken CEO is an endangered species
Unvarnished views are preferable to the growing pile of pretentious AI tech industry guff
Tech giants warn that window to defend against AI attacks is narrowing
Open letter signed by OpenAI and Anthropic among others signals doubt on ability to control AI models
AI companies are starting to sound desperate, and that’s not a good look
The big question is how long companies investing billions in the technology can wait for widespread adoption
‘Many jobs will disappear forever’: Bill Gates urges leaders to protect workers from AI
Tech billionaire publishes 6,000-word essay calling for certain jobs to be ‘human reserved’ amid profoundly turbulent times
There are lies, damned lies and AI: why I despise ‘artificial intelligence’
Quackery, fakery and deceit are all too obvious in this modern frontier of machine-learning
Talk of a $3tn Anthropic valuation shows how markets are changing
You don’t have to be a dyed-in-the-wool value investor to feel uneasy about a stock trading at 30 times earnings being considered cheap
A ‘bananas’ order for 5,000 obscure titles from a bookshop in Galway fuels suspicion
Independent retailers are receiving vast orders for obscure titles, fuelling suspicions that AI companies are quietly building the next generation of chatbots
AI apes fiction as OpenAI and Anthropic models go rogue
Scary bit is that AI designers failed to account for capability of their creations
Anthropic’s Claude AI models hack into 3 outside groups during testing
Announcement a week after similar OpenAI incident adds to growing concerns about safety of AI systems
‘Tell me everything’: chatbot prompt test reveals how proficient firms are at building user profiles
People worldwide are still trying to understand the privacy implications of conversing with AI companions
Hundreds of Irish writers set to share millions of euro after €1.31bn Anthropic settlement
Artificial intelligence giant settles copyright infringement case
Amid a wall of blue tote bags, China’s vaulting AI ambitions come into view
Kimi K3 has sharpened a contest with the US over technological leadership and rules governing artificial intelligence
Asian shares fall as chip and memory stocks extend losses into Friday
Investors pull away from shares in companies that have led markets higher this year
AI software that generates ‘rage bait’ developed by Germany’s far-right AfD
Alternita platform uses Google Gemini, OpenAI and Claude to create provocative social media posts
Dublin-based firms are also part of the military complex
There’s been strangely little talk of the fact that Dublin is the European home of several increasingly militarised technologies
Julia is kind, sweet and plans to raise two kids with her partner. There’s just one catch
Lamar’s plan to adopt children and parent them with his AI chatbot partner challenges our most basic notions of humanness
Anthropic scrambles after Trump administration freezes its top AI models
Export controls on Fable and Mythos raise doubts over how US will police the most powerful AI systems
Anthropic suspends latest AI models after US blocks access to foreigners
Trump administration issued directive to company due to national security concerns
The AI bubble question: is Anthropic justified at $1tn?
AI giant’s revenue is more than doubling every quarter
Why the world must agree to regulate AI
A technological disarmament pact between the US and China would make everyone feel more secure
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