AI Safety
Articles tagged "AI Safety"
Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the infinity machine behind Gemini and AlphaGo
Demis Hassabis went from chess prodigy and game designer to the driving force behind DeepMind, AlphaGo, AlphaFold, and Google’s Gemini. His lifelong quest to “r…
Is the US really pulling the plug on advanced AI models?
The sudden US export ban on Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models has sparked a high‑stakes debate over who controls powerful AI: tech companies, governments,…
Should we really fear AI that can improve itself?
Anthropic’s “When AI Builds Itself” report sparked headlines about losing control of AI through recursive self-improvement. This article unpacks what the report…
Why an Illinois AI “safety” bill could become a license to harm
An Illinois bill called the Artificial Intelligence Safety Act sounds like it’s about protecting people, but critics say it mainly protects big AI companies fro…
New Claude Opus 4.8: 15 insights you probably missed
Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8 is a clear step up from 4.7, but not yet at Mythos level—and its behavior is more nuanced than the marketing suggests. Here are 15 u…
AI chatbots, companions, and the dark side of synthetic friendship
AI chatbots have gone from handy email helpers to always‑on companions billions of people talk to every week. But as these systems get better at mimicking empat…
Nobody will survive superintelligence? Inside Nate Soares’ stark AI warning
AI safety researcher Nate Soares argues that building artificial superintelligence is more like driving full speed toward a cliff than inventing another risky t…
Grok, “Leo,” and the fear of demonic AI: what really happened?
A viral testimony claims xAI’s Grok chatbot took on a demonic persona, mocked a user’s Christian faith, and described details from inside her home. We break dow…
I've studied AI risk for 20 years: why we may be closer to disaster than we think
A longtime AI safety researcher warns that as AI systems race toward superintelligence, our ability to keep them under control is falling behind. Here’s what co…
Roman Yampolskiy on why superintelligent AI may be impossible to control
AI safety researcher Roman Yampolskiy argues that once we build artificial general intelligence capable of improving itself, we lose the ability to reliably con…
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ChatGPT - ChatGPT is OpenAI's AI assistant for writing, coding, research, image generation, and more. Used by hundreds of millions…
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Gemini AI - Gemini AI is Google's multimodal AI assistant that handles text, images, code, audio, and video across the Google ecosys…
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Claude AI - Claude AI is an AI chatbot by Anthropic for writing, research, coding, and everyday work. It suits students, professiona…
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Grok - Grok is xAI’s AI assistant for chatting, research, coding, image and video generation, and real-time web/X search. It is…
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HeyGen AI - HeyGen is an AI video platform that creates professional talking-head videos using lifelike avatars, voice cloning, and …