Tag: AI Risks

Experts call for pause in AI due to risks. Businesses must ask how to use AI effectively. Geoffrey Hinton warns of AI dangers, but Microsoft embraces LLM tech.

This article explores Paul Christiano's warning about the risks of artificial intelligence takeovers, based on research done at the OpenAI lab. As a leading AI expert, Christiano believes the odds of a negative outcome could rise to 50:50 if AI reaches human-level capabilities, sparking calls for a pause in further development. With a mission to benefit humanity with safe and secure AI, OpenAI is actively researching, building, and deploying artificial general intelligence to better understanding, and manage ethical AI challenges.

"Cohere Inc., an Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup based in Toronto, is raising up to $250 million from multiple investors, including Inovia Capital, Index Ventures and Thomvest Ventures, potentially increasing its valuation to above $2 billion. Cohere provides an LLM platform to create, summarize and interpret text, which could be used in chatbots and search engines. The potential risks of AI technology has been acknowledged, and the investment could mean that Cohere has potential to compete with OpenAI, Alphabet Inc, and Anthropic."

Senator Mark Warner is urging tech giants to prioritize security issues and ensure their AI technology do not lead to discrimination and injustice. He has called for the deployment of responsible new technologies, as well as tackling bias and security concerns. OpenAI is leading the AI industry and has become a prominent player since investing in ChatGPT, a rapidly growing consumer application with over 100 million active users. Senator Chuck Schumer seeks to regulate AI technologies to protect citizens from potential risks.

Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, recently announced plans to launch an AI platform to rival those from other tech giants. X.AI Corp has been registered in Nevada to create an alternative to OpenAI and Google, aimed at addressing the questions of truth-seeking and safety posed by current ventures. Hear Musk’s views on AI risks and civilizational destruction, and his calls for regulation of AI development.