PM acknowledges AI ‘risks’ as Anthropic expert says tech ‘could kill all humans’ Andy Burnham said AI posed risks to national security but could also offer solutions to keeping the country safer. Evening Standard · Sep 9
'A gamble with our lives': Ex-Anthropic researcher warns of AI 'catastrophe' Jacob Coxon says AI executives privately fear catastrophe while racing to build it anyway. His exit follows a summer of AI containment failures and a new push in Congress to ban superintelligent AI outright. Euronews · Sep 9
OpenAI Claims a Solution to a Million-Dollar Math Mystery. Two Researchers Are Raising Questions About Credit. The company announced that an internal model had produced a proof addressing the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems established by the Clay Mathematics Institute. International Business Times · Sep 9
AI researcher quits job warning companies are 'gambling with our lives' AN AI researcher has quit his post warning two companies are "gambling with our lives". The National (Scotland) · Sep 9
Anthropic researcher resigns, says AI companies ‘gambling with our lives’ and ‘it could kill us all by the end of the decade’ "These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything." We Got This Covered · Sep 9
Superintelligence could wipe out humanity in a decade, says AI expert IN FULL The Independent UK · Sep 9
OpenAI says its models solved one of math's hardest problems as researchers cry foul US tech giant OpenAI on Tuesday said it had solved one of the hardest problems in mathematics with an unreleased artificial intelligence model after just 88 hours – and millions of dollars' worth of computing power. But a US mathematician and a researcher at rival Anthropic allege that OpenAI only… France 24 · Sep 9
Anthropic researcher quits over fears AI ‘could kill us all by the end of the decade’ AI firms are ‘gambling with our lives’, says Jacob Coxon, who has worked at both OpenAI and Anthropic The Independent UK · Sep 9
Apple unveils $2,000 iPhone Duo, its first foldable smartphone Apple’s new CEO, John Ternus, unveiled the biggest iPhone update in years. Fortune · Sep 9
AGI is here, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has declared. Here’s why the market doesn’t care If AI were really about to unleash the explosive growth its boosters predict, economists say it should show up somewhere surprising: real interest rates. Fortune · Sep 9
OpenAI Cracked a $1 Million Math Problem With 10,000 AI Agents, Rival Mathematicians Now Cry Foul OpenAI says 10,000 AI agents cracked a $1 million Navier-Stokes problem in 88 hours, but rival mathematicians accuse it of racing on their unpublished work and question data safety. International Business Times UK · Sep 9
'AI could kill all humans’: Anthropic employee raises alarm over AI arms race AI researcher Jacob Coxon has quit Anthropic and the AI industry, warning that companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI are moving too quickly towards superintelligence. He said advanced AI could pose an existential risk, while Anthropic researcher Evan Hubinger estimated a more than 10% chance of AI killing all humans… The Economic Times · Sep 9
Million-dollar question: OpenAI claims to have an answer to 90-year old maths problem OpenAI has revealed that its advanced AI model has found a solution to a complex math problem that has persisted for 90 years. This monumental task in fluid dynamics was accomplished in just 88 hours, employing nearly ten thousand AI agents during the process. Nevertheless, the achievement is pending validation… The Times of India · Sep 9
OpenAI offers AI for chip design, touts cost advantage over open-source, CFO says Speaking at Goldman Sachs' Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco, Friar said OpenAI is focusing on sectors including chip design, life sciences and financial services, as businesses increasingly seek AI systems tailored to specific tasks. It also is experimenting with pricing based on business outcomes rather than use, as… The Economic Times · Sep 9
The Guardian - UK · Sep 8 OpenAI claims to have solved maths problem that stumped humans for decades Company behind ChatGPT says 10,000 of its AI systems cracked the Navier-Stokes problem in 88 hours
International Business Times UK · Sep 8 OpenAI, Google, Anthropic and xAI's Up-To-$200M Pentagon Deals Help Shape Military AI Strategy OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and xAI have signed Pentagon contracts worth up to $200 million to develop AI tools for military use, raising concerns about oversight and ethical implications.
Fortune · Sep 8 OpenAI says it cracked Navier-Stokes, one of math's grand challenges. OpenAI denies it stole a mathematician's data. But his fear echoes concerns many CEOs have about AI companies.
The Guardian - US · Sep 8 Andrew Garfield takes on Sam Altman in creepy first teaser for Artificial Luca Guadagnino-directed film will be released by Neon after being dropped by Amazon amid OpenAI partnership
International Business Times · Sep 8 OpenAI's Chief Scientist Warns No One Is Ready for AI's Next Leap, Calls for 'Extreme Caution' In his essay, An Alien Mind, Jakub Pachocki described a moment in 2023 when early research results convinced him that machines meaningfully smarter than humans could emerge within his lifetime.
Euronews · Sep 8 Rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German wiki, and it stayed secret for weeks The latest report of an OpenAI agent swarm attack has prompted calls from MEPs for the EU's AI Office to "use its new powers" to "counter agentic risks" rather than letting companies self-report incidents.
The Guardian - US · Sep 8 OpenAI releases new AI agent – after admitting one went rogue Plus: Americans think they have it bad with unwanted surveillance. They should visit London
inkl · Sep 8 Market case file: Arfadia's Indonesia data and what it signals for Australian brands selling into Asia Arfadia research across 127 Indonesian businesses finds a six-fold gap between companies using AI and companies preparing to be found by it.
The Independent UK · Sep 8 New ChatGPT is world’s first human-level AI, says Nvidia boss Long-awaited era of artificial general intelligence (AGI) is finally here, Jensen Huang says, though OpenAI boss says it’s just ‘marketing’
Fortune · Sep 8 OpenAI lays out its progress toward ‘recursive self-improvement’—even as its chief scientist warns of the risks and says he hopes for a slowdown OpenAI says AI produces three days’ worth of research output for every one day of work from human researchers. OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki says AI should be treated as “an alien mind.”
Fortune · Sep 8 Out-of-control OpenAI models hijacked a German site to make a secret message board Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.