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Left and right converge on artificial intelligence oversight as alarm grows over the technology's dangers.
began Sep 15now
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“Like nuclear weapons, artificial superintelligence is a threat to humanity, and it must be treated as such.”
— Bernie Sanders · full quotes →
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Fed Chair Kevin Warsh signals the central bank is tracking rapid advances in artificial intelligence as a matter of regulatory concern.
began Sep 16now
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№759 (page 22) · newest development 11d ago · 2 pieces from 1 sources · ranked by recent attention
“We care very much about what's happening in artificial intelligence”
— Kevin Warsh · full quotes →
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Anthropic and other AI leaders urge slowing development and monitoring, but the US president resists regulatory measures.
began Sep 15now
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№760 (page 22) · newest development 11d ago · 7 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
“Because he's invested to fuck in it.”— xtaldave, Mastodon user · Mastodon · full quotes →
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EU Commission president flags advanced AI models enabling unprecedented cyberattacks while Europe prepares child protection rules.
began Sep 16now
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№761 (page 22) · newest development 11d ago · 3 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
“I am an optimist that AI has the potential to benefit humanity if we get it right.”
— Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President · Press · full quotes →
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Three major AI executives urge federal oversight; Trump dismisses safety concerns and accuses industry of regulatory capture.
began Sep 16now
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“Anthropic is running a sophisticated regulatory capture strategy based on fear-mongering.”— David Sacks · full quotes →
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EU Commission President outlines vision for AI in health as support tool within a distinctly European regulatory framework.
began Sep 16now
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“Do I want my doctor to have instant AI access to all the data”— Ursula von der Leyen · full quotes →
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Analysis piece explores the competing positions in the debate over how governments should regulate artificial intelligence.
began Sep 16now
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Yoshua Bengio's MILA and other AI facilities targeted with graffiti as artificial intelligence summit begins.
began Sep 16now
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№765 (page 22) · newest development 11d ago · 5 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
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Paris Marx says the real threat from AI comes from its environmental impact and data centers built by tech CEOs, not rogue agents.
began Sep 15now
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“The real threat of AI comes from the people building the technology...”
— Paris Marx, Tech critic · Bluesky · full quotes →
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A Verge retrospective traces years of AI industry leaders warning about their own technology's dangers, as top executives make a fresh…
began Sep 15now
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№767 (page 22) · newest development 12d ago · 9 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“potentially more dangerous than nukes”
— Elon Musk, Tesla/SpaceX CEO · Mastodon · full quotes →
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ARK Invest chief forecasts deflation alongside surging rates as artificial intelligence revolution reshapes the global economy.
began Sep 16now
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“We think short rates will approximate nominal GDP growth, which was true during the industrial revolution — the last time we had a technology revolution of…”
— Cathie Wood, ARK Invest CEO · full quotes →
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Former PM calls for Australian AI development and regulation within six months to avoid being unprepared for an AI-driven crisis.
began Sep 16now
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“There's a real risk, at least according to Dario's timetable, that we have a real-world crisis within the next six months without any effective national or…”— Kevin Rudd · full quotes →
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A University of Washington professor and industry insiders describe Anthropic's internal culture as cult-like, from a Claude 'funeral' to…
began Sep 16now
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“These people are treating AI as if it's a human in disguise, with human motives, with human emotions, with some degree of consciousness, with intentions.”— Pedro Domingos, University of Washington professor · NY Post · full quotes →
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Critics argue focus on AI catastrophe distracts from real harms to workers, environment, and education.
began Sep 16now
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№771 (page 22) · newest development 11d ago · 4 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
“The idea that these companies are building software that could 'kill us all' distracts from the real harms that are happening now.”— Emily Bender, University of Washington linguistics professor · Mastodon · full quotes →
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New model can execute long-horizon work with file handling, search, and code environments while providing source traceability.
began Sep 16now
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“Apodex 1.1 can work with uploaded files, search, and code environments. It can produce files where every claim is traced back to sources.”— @testingcatalog · full quotes →
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The retailer's new chatbot generates personalized product recommendations and styling advice from natural language searches.
began Sep 16now
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“The 'Ask Macy's' chatbot generates personalized product recommendations, styling ideas and related item suggestions from plain-language searches.”— Macy's · full quotes →
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Data shows widespread adoption of AI tools to boost self-image and attack opponents, though voter impact remains uncertain.
began Sep 16now
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“Data suggests many candidates are embracing AI this year to boost their image and portray their opponents unfavorably.”— NPR · NPR Politics · full quotes →
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Microsoft says AI models are not conscious and must stay subordinate to humans, breaking publicly with Anthropic's stance on model welfare.
began Sep 13now
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“people matter more than AI”— Microsoft, AI code of conduct · The Verge · full quotes →
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Meta CEO breaks with industry consensus on regulation, says market incentives and legal risk will keep AI companies safe.
began Sep 15now
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“We didn't call for everyone else to do this before we would. We just did it as part of our day-to-day work because it was clearly the right thing for people…”
— Mark Zuckerberg · full quotes →
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Technology companies demonstrate robots designed to handle real-world objects and work alongside humans, marking progress beyond…
began Sep 16now
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“Robots are getting to grips with the physical world in Tokyo, where technology companies are showcasing machines designed to handle objects, perform industrial…”— Euronews · Mastodon · full quotes →
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Days after Washington accused six Chinese firms of mass-scale AI model theft, China's state security chief raises his own alarm about AI…
began Sep 8now
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“Beijing's response is to 'firmly grasp technological sovereignty' and broad regulations”— The Register · full quotes →
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Taiwan semiconductor executive compares AI to a powerful toddler that doesn't understand consequences.
began Sep 15now
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“AI is like a three-year old Superman. It can be quite powerful, but it doesn't know what kind of damage it can inflict. And it doesn't know right from wrong.”— TSMC Co-COO · full quotes →
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Tech writer argues hyperscaler AI model faces fundamental profitability crisis masked by accounting gimmicks.
began Sep 16now
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“They think the rest of the economy has the free cash to buy all their shit. Even if the unit economics were positive everybody is going broke because you know…”— GhostOnTheHalfShell · full quotes →
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Shanghai-based Anew Labs, separated from ByteDance, secured funding from HSG, IDG Capital and others.
began Sep 16now
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“Sources: Shanghai-based Anew Labs, a ByteDance spinoff using AI for drug discovery, raised $290M from HSG, IDG Capital, and others at a $1.5B valuation”— Reuters · Press · full quotes →
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Anthropic and OpenAI executives urge AI safeguards as tech stocks slide worldwide, while Trump rejects regulation and Vance warns…
began Sep 8now
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№782 (page 22) · newest development 12d ago · 132 pieces from 8 sources · ranked by recent attention
“getting smarter and more capable every few months”— Jack Clark, Anthropic co-founder · BBC · full quotes →
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As LLMs become practical tools, companies are racing to build specialized hardware for running models rather than training them.
began Sep 14now
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“It's like training is yesterday's news. All that any chief information officer wants to talk about is inference.”— Matt Kimball, Principal data-center analyst, Moor Insights & Strategy · Hacker News · full quotes →
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Early Anthropic hire and former METR COO launch startup offering third-party safety testing for deployed AI systems.
began Sep 15now
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“AI is getting smarter at an increasingly rapid rate. The surprising thing about AI is that it becomes harder to adopt and harder to control as AI gets smarter…”— Rune Kvist, AIUC co-founder, early Anthropic employee · Mastodon · full quotes →
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Cade Metz explores how AI systems learning to build and train themselves could drive exponential progress—and peril.
began Sep 14now
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“Excellent piece but with no eye on recursive risk. How does recursive self-improvement deal with recursive pollution?”— cigitalgem@sigmoid.social · full quotes →
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The European Commission president acknowledged AI risks but stopped short of joining calls to pause development, limiting Europe's role in…
began Sep 16now
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“The warnings about the future of AI should make us more serious about safety.”— Axel Voss, European Parliament AI lawmaker · Politico · full quotes →
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A connectome of 166,000 neurons released in early September has spawned dozens of experiments, from headline generation to stock trading.
began Sep 15now
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“It sparks questions about ethics of this and whether there is any consciousness [in the replication of fly's brain].”— Alex Wormuth · full quotes →
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Bipartisan majority backs regulation despite AI ranking low on voter priority list.
began Sep 16now
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“if you show good work on AI, you're winning over voters, even though AI isn't their top issue.”— Alex Bores · full quotes →
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Bae Kyung-hoon says the nation cannot afford to pause progress while catching up to leading AI powers.
began Sep 16now
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“From South Korea's perspective, one thing is clear: we do not have the luxury of slowing down our AI development right now”— Bae Kyung-hoon, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Science and ICT · Investing.com News · full quotes →
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The French AI startup will provide models for Firefox's new Smart Window assistant, emphasizing data protection over user tracking.
began Sep 16now
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“We are bringing privacy, control and choice to AI-powered web browsing”— Arthur Mensch · full quotes →
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OpenAI is raising funds at a $1.2 trillion valuation while Anthropic's CEO urges the industry to pace frontier AI development over safety…
began Sep 14now
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“the fears of an AI doomsday scenario are simply made up”
— Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO · Press · full quotes →
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Former OpenAI researcher's startup raises $40M to build structured AI models designed to integrate into production software.
began Sep 15now
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“We've been optimizing for humans, and we're superhuman at pleasing humans.”— Diogo Almeida · full quotes →
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— Alex Tabarrok, Economist · Marginal Revolution · full quotes →
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