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Mark Zuckerberg stepped into the artificial intelligence (AI) extinction debate this week. He argued that market pressure already pushes AI labs to prioritize safety without new mandates. The Meta (META) chief executive posted the remarks weeks...

Bill Gates warned that artificial intelligence (AI) will be built for the world’s richest unless governments step in. His foundation pledged at least $1 billion over two years to widen access. The Microsoft co-founder said market forces alone will...

A former Google DeepMind researcher who worked on AGI safety said artificial intelligence has the potential to kill everyone, adding his name to a wave of safety exits from leading AI labs. Bilal Chughtai left the company in July and went public...

A former US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioner has dismissed the wave of artificial intelligence (AI) doom warnings coming out of the biggest labs.  Alvaro Bedoya served on the commission from 2022 until his disputed removal in 2025. His...

Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit and accused Anthropic and OpenAI of racing toward self-improving AI without adequate safeguards.

Anthropic has published a model of how artificial intelligence (AI) could reshape the US economy by 2030. Interestingly, its fastest growth case is the one that cuts knowledge worker wages by more than 10%. The company’s economics team released the...

“AI could kill us all by the end of this decade” – that’s exactly what British AI researcher Jacob Coxon said today, after quitting his job at Anthropic.  But why should anyone take him seriously? Because Coxon’s resume is the best possible example...

An Anthropic researcher, Jacob Coxon, said he resigned from the company, alleging that Anthropic and OpenAI are racing toward self-improving superintelligence and gambling with human lives. The researcher said he spent the last three years on...