In an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Tuesday, Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, made it very clear that he admires OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. CNBC’s […]
Ilya Sutskever isn’t done working on AI safety
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Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s former chief scientist, launches new AI company
Ilya Sutskever, one of OpenAI’s co-founders, has launched a new company, Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), just a month after leaving OpenAI. Sutskever, who was OpenAI’s longtime chief scientist, […]
With the EU AI Act incoming this summer, the bloc lays out its plan for AI governance
The European Union has taken the wraps off the structure of the new AI Office, the ecosystem-building and oversight body that’s being established under the bloc’s AI Act. […]
Anthropic hires former OpenAI safety lead to head up new team
Jan Leike, a leading AI researcher who earlier this month resigned from OpenAI before publicly criticizing the company’s approach to AI safety, has joined OpenAI rival Anthropic to […]
OpenAI’s new safety committee is made up of all insiders
In light of criticism over its approach to AI safety, OpenAI has formed a new committee to oversee “critical” safety and security decisions related to the company’s projects […]
Former OpenAI execs call for more intense regulation, point to toxic leadership
Former OpenAI members Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley published an Op-Ed calling out OpenAI’s toxic leadership structure and calling for more intense regulation.
This Week in AI: OpenAI and publishers are partners of convenience
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in […]
The FCC announces potential labeling for AI in political ads
The FCC is making sure political ads label the use of generative AI, as it begins new rule making process.
In Seoul summit, heads of states and companies commit to AI safety
Government officials and AI industry executives agreed on Tuesday to apply elementary safety measures in the fast-moving field, and establish an international safety research network. Nearly six months […]