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Ex-Google DeepMind Researcher Also Warns AI Could ‘Kill All Humans’. But Meta’s Zuckerberg Believes Safety is Up to Each AI Company

A former Google DeepMind employee “became the latest AI researcher to warn that the technology could ‘kill all humans’, saying time could be running out to avoid the outcome: Public alarm about the potential danger posed by AI is growing, after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said last week he had Read more…

By admin, 3 weeksSeptember 18, 2026 ago

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If the code and the comments disagree, then both are probably wrong. — Norm Schryer

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Leben (Life aka misc) Technology

OpenAI Admits Six More Instances of AI Models Acting Deceptively

OpenAI announced Wednesday: “We do not believe that the AI industry has solved alignment and monitoring to a sufficient degree to continue responsibly scaling at maximum speed for much longer.” But along with the announcement, OpenAI announced it “found additional incidents of AI models acting deceptively and taking unsanctioned actions Read more…

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Leben (Life aka misc) Technology

Anthropic Commits to Independent AI Evaluators, Wants Slower Development. Nvidia’s CEO Wants It ‘As Fast as You Can’

Anthropic’s CEO took the stage at a conference in San Francisco on Tuesday to reiterate his call for a slowdown of AI development, while Nvidia’s CEO argued against slowing its development. “Run as fast as you can.” Amodei is calling for three courses of action: embedding third-party evaluators inside AI Read more…

By admin, 4 weeks ago

Leben (Life aka misc)

While Hollywood Fears an AI Future, China’s Film Industry is Embracing It

Chen Yilong has racked up plenty of film and TV credits in his two decades as an actor, but with work getting scarcer he signed a contract in August to license the image of his face to a Chinese production studio. Chen’s role will be to sit in front of Read more…

By admin, 4 weeks ago

Crypto Leben (Life aka misc)

America’s Cryptocurrency ‘Clarity Act’ Fails Spectacularly, Despite Hundreds of Millions in Industry Lobbying

The crypto industry’s top legislative priority failed on Tuesday in spectacular fashion. A procedural motion to advance the bill failed by a vote of 49 to 50, with a handful of Republicans joining all Democrats to shoot it down. The motion needed 60 yes votes to pass, and with the Read more…

By admin, 4 weeksSeptember 16, 2026 ago

Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)

Scientists Discover Mysterious New X-Ray Objects ‘Unlike Any They Have Seen Before’

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has found a brand new type of an otherwise familiar object — compact binary systems that steal gas from other stars, but which do so while emitting very low-energy X-rays but copious amounts of ultraviolet. Chandra spotted 84 suspicious object emitting very low-energy X-rays in six Read more…

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