Hong Kong — It was 11 years ago that Chinese President Xi Jinping last visited the U.S. capital, for a 2015 White House meeting with then-President Barack Obama. As he returns for a meeting on Thursday with President Trump, both Xi and China’s role in the world have changed dramatically. China is now regarded as America’s…
President Trump on Saturday announced he is forming an “AI Force,” rejecting the negative sentiment around AI data centers and tech leaders’ warnings about the rapid development of artificial intelligence. In a Truth Social post, Mr. Trump called fears around AI possibly becoming a superintelligence that could pose a threat to human existence a hoax….
The head of AI at Microsoft joined the chorus of voices sounding the alarm on AI, warning on Wednesday that Anthropic’s efforts to make its Claude model more humanlike could pose serious risks. In a nearly 6,000-word essay published on his personal website, Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman said Anthropic is effectively “training Claude that…
As fears grow that the race for AI supremacy could be hurtling us all toward a grim fate not unlike the apocalyptic plot line of the Terminator movies, analysts tell CBS News that mutual distrust between the U.S. and China, as much as the technology itself, could lead humanity “off a cliff.” The long-term fear…
David Sacks, a key adviser to President Trump on technology, told CBS News he believes that fears about artificial intelligence’s potential threat to humanity are overblown and that, while caution is warranted, development of AI should continue. “I think this is becoming a panic,” he told CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling…
Washington — The Senate is returning to Washington Monday from a five-week recess, with several priorities to address before leaving town next month to take to the campaign trail. After successfully pushing off a government funding fight until after November’s midterm elections, and avoiding a possible government shutdown for the time being, the chamber is…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Weijia Jiang: Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican CBS News executive director of news and surveys Anthony Salvanto CBS News executive director of news and surveys Anthony Salvanto, CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed…
“I won’t lie to you – there are real dangers,” said Anthropic CEO and cofounder Dario Amodei about the development of artificial intelligence. “And I think for too long the industry lied to people about the fact that this technology had risks.” And the biggest risk could be the end of humanity, former Anthropic researcher…
A troubling warning from a former researcher at AI company Anthropic is drawing attention to “superintelligence” — technology that could outperform humans at every cognitive task. In a Sept. 8 social media thread announcing his resignation, the researcher Jacob Coxon accused Anthropic and rival OpenAI of “gambling with our lives” by pursuing superintelligence. In a related post…
London — A lead researcher at Anthropic, one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence firms, said Wednesday that he believes there is a more than 10% chance AI “could kill all humans” within the next decade. “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next…
