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Artificial intelligence has rapidly become a tool used by hundreds of millions of people, but tech leaders are sounding alarms against the rapid advancement of AI that is being seen as a threat to humanity. AI systems can now generate text and images, write computer code, and perform complex analyses that once required a significant amount of time and…
Yesterday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a lengthy open letter saying it was time to “pace the frontier” and slow down AI development. OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Elon Musk both agreed, publicly voicing their support on X.
The AI industry seems to be having its loudest debate yet about whether its technology poses an existential threat to humanity. The current discussion began after AI researcher Jacob Coxon said that he’s resigned from Anthropic because he’s worried that the leading AI companies are “gambling with our lives.” Then Anthropic’s alignment lead chimed in with a…
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says Apple is developing two game controllers for the iPhone and will likely sell them under the Beats brand. Rumors that Apple might enter the game controller business have circulated for some time.
The Units are a band I discovered in part thanks to No Dogs in Space . During their miniseries on The Screamers (another incredible band worth checking out), they mention synthpunk.org as one of their sources.
Former President Barack Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their “central agendas” and “have a very clear plan” to address concerns around the technology’s economic impact and safety, according to The New York Times . Obama made these comments on Thursday, at Democratic fundraising event where he was interviewed…
While China claims to have advanced AI models that may well compete against those developed in the U.S., for some reason, hundreds of China-linked agents allegedly used Anthropic for at least five different programs: two military, two surveillance, and one aimed at distilling Claude's capabilities, according to Anthropic's September 2026 threat report .…
Senators Bernie Sanders and Greg Cezar have announced their Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act . Seeking to pause advanced AI development, the legislation’s stick is pretty severe.
Simulating animal brains seems to be the latest buzz. Hot on the heels of teaching a fly to play Doom , an engineer from the Coinbase cryptocurrency service has elected to turn one into a day trader with Stonkfly .
Two people were arrested in San Fransico while riding around in a Waymo robotaxi after the cab pulled over and called the cops on them. The riders were juveniles in possession of a loaded AR-style ghost gun and were taken to a juvenile hall.
Marvel’s mishandling of its Blade reboot will likely go down as one of the studio’s biggest mistakes. There was a great actor in place to play the vampire hunter (Mahershala Ali), and a promising director set to take over the reins (Bassam Tariq).
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