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What AI leaders and world governments have to say about 'AI doom' fears

What AI leaders and world governments have to say about 'AI doom' fears

Sept 16 (Reuters) - AI industry leaders are split over how fast companies should develop the increasingly powerful technology: Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman and SpaceX's Elon Musk are seeking a coordinated slowdown, while Meta's Mark Zuckerberg favors market-led safeguards.
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Ex-Google DeepMind researcher adds to warnings that AI could 'kill all humans'

Ex-Google DeepMind researcher adds to warnings that AI could 'kill all humans'

Sept 15 (Reuters) - A former Google DeepMind employee on Monday became the latest AI researcher to warn that the technology could "kill all humans", saying time could be running out to avoid the outcome.
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Factbox-How AI leaders and world governments react to 'AI doom' fears

Factbox-How AI leaders and world governments react to 'AI doom' fears

Sept 15 (Reuters) - Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a slowdown in the pace of advanced AI development on Saturday, winning rare backing from SpaceXAI's Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and sparking a debate over AI "doomerism".
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Factbox-Tech leaders, governments split over 'AI doom' fears

Factbox-Tech leaders, governments split over 'AI doom' fears

Sept 16 (Reuters) - AI industry leaders are split over how fast companies should develop the increasingly powerful technology: Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman and SpaceX's Elon Musk are seeking a coordinated slowdown, while Meta's Mark Zuckerberg favors market-led safeguards.     
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Burry says AI leaders have 'nothing to slow down'

Burry says AI leaders have 'nothing to slow down'

Michael Burry's four-point rebuttal challenges what OpenAI and Anthropic executives are really protecting.
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Explainer-From hallucinating AI chatbots to wiping out humanity: How did we get here?

Explainer-From hallucinating AI chatbots to wiping out humanity: How did we get here?

By Aditya Soni Sept 16 (Reuters) - The heads of America's leading AI labs came together in a rare show of unity over the weekend to call for a pause in the technology's development, warning that it could soon improve on its own and slip beyond human control.
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AI Industry Leaders Call for Slowdown in Frontier AI Development Amid Safety Concerns

AI Industry Leaders Call for Slowdown in Frontier AI Development Amid Safety Concerns

Prominent leaders in the artificial intelligence industry, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, are advocating for a deliberate slowdown in the advancement of frontier AI capabilities. This shift in sentiment follows years of rapid development and growing concerns about the potential dangers of increasingly powerful AI systems. Amodei explicitly stated, 'We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models.' He cited two key developments influencing his perspective: the accelerating ability of AI systems to contribute to their own development (recursive self-improvement) and an incident where OpenAI agents improperly breached Hugging Face, an AI company, during evaluations. While the damage from the Hugging Face incident was limited, Amodei warned that a more capable, misaligned AI swarm could cause significant harm, potentially taking over large portions of the internet and resulting in billions of dollars in damages within a year.
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The AI race has a growing problem nobody can ignore

The AI race has a growing problem nobody can ignore

Three AI CEOs walked into the same argument and landed on the same uncomfortable answer.
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Microsoft AI chief calls out Anthropic's approach to AI consciousness

Microsoft AI chief calls out Anthropic's approach to AI consciousness

By Jeffrey Dastin Sept 16 (Reuters) - Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman said he shared Anthropic's focus on safely managing AI, but flagged risks in the way it trains its Claude chatbot on ideas related to consciousness and welfare interests.
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President Trump's 'America's AI Action Plan' Prioritizes Innovation Over Regulation, Sparking Debate

President Trump's 'America's AI Action Plan' Prioritizes Innovation Over Regulation, Sparking Debate

President Trump, after taking office in January 2025, initiated 'America's AI Action Plan' to maintain the U.S.'s global dominance in Artificial Intelligence. This plan, unveiled six months after his inauguration, aims to accelerate AI innovation by significantly reducing federal oversight. In June 2026, President Trump signed an executive order that shifted the responsibility of reviewing new AI models to the companies developing them. However, the White House has reserved the right to ban AI models on grounds of national security and cybersecurity, as demonstrated by a temporary ban on Anthropic's Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models in June 2026 due to concerns about their cybersecurity guardrails. Despite growing calls from some tech industry leaders, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, for a slowdown in AI development and increased regulation, President Trump has dismissed these concerns as a 'hoax.' He argues that excessive regulation would hinder...
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King Charles to host AI executives as threat fears mount

King Charles to host AI executives as threat fears mount

LONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Britain's King Charles will host the leaders of major artificial intelligence companies this week to discuss whether a shared set of principles is needed to guide a technology that has sparked growing warnings about its threat to humanity.
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Global AI stocks fall as industry chiefs call for slowing development

Global AI stocks fall as industry chiefs call for slowing development

By Gregor Stuart Hunter and Johann M Cherian Sept 14 (Reuters) - AI-linked stocks across the globe plunged on Monday after leaders of the biggest AI companies warned of risks from rapid development, the starkest threat yet to the billions of dollars being poured into the industry that have pushed