ai safety
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Elon Almost Did a Good Thing
Last week, it almost seemed like Elon Musk was going to do a good thing. The eccentric, loud-mouthed billionaire announced he would be suing OpenAI, the influential tech company he co-founded back in 2015. The reason? Musk said that OpenAI had betrayed its original mandate of “helping humanity.” The company, which notably began as an…
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After OpenAI’s Blowup, It Seems Pretty Clear That ‘AI Safety’ Isn’t a Real Thing
As OpenAI’s chaos comes to an end, AI development will never be the same.
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Google, Microsoft Offer Measly $10 Million to Protect the World from AI
A few of the biggest companies pushing AI, including the legacy Silicon Valley giants Google and Microsoft alongside new blood OpenAI and Anthropic, are coming together to push their own industry body as the main bastion of AI safety. These multi-billion dollar companies’ first boon to the fledgling AI forum is a new director and…
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Powerful Lobby Group Wants To Keep AI Unregulated
The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) — a Washington D.C.-based lobby group that boasts Google, Amazon, and Microsoft among its many clients — is telling governments to think twice about establishing laws to regulate AI. But given mounting safety, ethical, and social justice concerns, is that such a good idea?