CEO of Major AI Company Calls for ‘Global Pause in AI Development’ to Address Growing Threat to Humanity

CEO of major AI company calls for ‘global pause in AI development’ to address growing threat to humanity

by Leo Hohmann, Leo’s Newsletter: They’re monitoring everything… they’re watching you but who is watching the watchers? Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for a “global pause in AI development” to address safety concerns regarding the rapid advancement of AI systems. He expressed a concern that these systems may soon be capable of self-improvement without human oversight. […]

Anthropic calls for pause of global AI development. NIH Researchers Charged With Smuggling Monkeypox.

SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, more out-of-contro…

Trump Pushes AI Growth, Tech Stocks Surge as Anthropic Calls for Pause

Trump issued a watered-down executive order on model review, AI military adoption and stakes in AI firms. Anthropic advocated a temporary pause on advancing AI capabilities days after its confidential IPO filing. Trump has emphasized maintaining U.S. leadership vs. China and avoiding anything that slows innovation. President Donald J. Trump is accelerating U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) development through executive orders on model review and…