AI godfather warns humanity risks extinction by hyperintelligent machines with their own ‘preservation goals’ within 10 years
AI researcher Yoshua Bengio claims AI could persuade or manipulate humans to achieve its own goals.
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Exclusive: White Circle raises $11 million to stop AI models from going rogue in the workplace
The Paris startup, backed by leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind, Mistral, and Hugging Face, says companies need real-time tools to control what AI systems do after they are deployed.
Coinbase Lays Off 14% of Employees as A.I. Changes Work
The largest U.S. crypto exchange said it was cutting jobs because of cryptocurrency market volatility and to “optimize” for the artificial intelligence era.
Elon Musk Wanted OpenAI to Go Commercial, Greg Brockman Testifies
Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president, testified in a trial pitting Mr. Musk against his company that the world’s richest man was eager to change how it operated as a nonprofit.
S.E.C. Settles Lawsuit Against Elon Musk Over His Twitter Disclosures
The agency, which has been pulling back on lawsuits against major companies, ended a case that had accused Mr. Musk of hiding his purchases of Twitter stock. He agreed to pay $1.5 million.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Plans $55 Billion Investment to Make A.I. Chips
The rocket company’s new semiconductor factory, called Terafab, is part of the billionaire’s increasing efforts to dominate artificial intelligence.
Five Ways A.I. Search Beats an Old-School Google Search
Google’s A.I. search technology is far from perfect (don’t count on it for celebrity news), but it excels at tasks like picking out groceries and detecting scams.
Meta’s Embrace of A.I. Is Making Its Employees Miserable
As it adapts to the artificial intelligence era, the company is pushing many of its 78,000 workers to use the technology, and preparing to lay some of them off.
AI wins have Alphabet poised to become world’s biggest company
Google’s parent closed Friday with a market capitalization of $4.8 trillion. Nvidia was below that level on Tuesday, but a three-day rally into the end of the week pushed it to $5.2 trillion.
