AIs
A device that promises hands-off driving for cars people already own is under federal scrutiny.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a preliminary investigation on September 21 into devices made by Comma AI, the startup founded by security hacker George Hotz, who is no longer managing day-to-day operations but remains…
Didn’t know who Jacob Coxon was a couple of weeks ago? You’re not alone.As of last week, the 27-year-old former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher has become the poster child for AI panic.In an X post on Tuesday, Coxon announced his resignation from Anthropic, saying that neither AI lab was “acting…
Everything’s fine! Take it from the cofounder of Palantir.In an X post on Saturday, Joe Lonsdale brushed aside the salient worry that advanced AI systems could cause mass human extinction, a concern that numerous engineers and leaders from frontier AI labs have raised in recent days and weeks.”The world is going…
AI safety fears have recently moved from an abstract Silicon Valley argument to a series of unnerving real-world episodes.Jay Kreps, a former Anthropic board member and a cofounder of data-streaming software company Confluent, says it is important to take them seriously.In a Thursday night X post, he argued that AI…
Microsoft AI’s chief marketing officer, Andréa Mallard, started transitioning out of her post about six months after being appointed to the role, Business Insider has learned.In an internal email, Microsoft announced that Mallard, who joined Microsoft’s AI unit from Pinterest in January, plans to leave the company.In the June 30…
