AGI
Altman Shrugged: OpenAI boss updates his ever-changing countdown to superintelligence
Sam Altman issues another teasing semi-prediction about a "gentle singularity" and the dawn of artificial general intelligence (AGI)
AGI
Existential Risk
IBM "Shepherd Test" assesses risk of superintelligence becoming a digital tyrant
For a clue about the future of humanity in the AGI age, just look at how we treated animals...
Agentic AI
Salesforce boss slams "alarmist" AI jobs doom fears, celebrates "dramatic reduction in humans"
Marc Benioff, CEO, thinks white collar workers have a future after all - even though his firm is using millions of AI agents to do their work.
AI
Are Sam Altman and Elon Musk about to kiss and make up?
The feuding AI impresarios are about to meet in person and it could be a beautiful reunion or the most awkward moment ever.
X-Risk
OpenAI: Humans risk losing control of lying, cheating and power-crazed AI models
ChatGPT-maker warns of nightmare scenario of "superhuman" AGI going rogue as creators struggle to control its behaviour.
AGI
Altman's Law: OpenAI boss sets out three rules of AI economics
"The future will come at us in a way that is impossible to ignore and the long-term changes will be huge."
Existential Risk
Humanity faces "gradual disempowerment" rather than an AI apocalypse, researchers warn
Academics predict our species won't suffer an "abrupt takeover" by superintelligence but a slow lingering death from a thousand cuts.
OpenAI
Sam Altman reveals OpenAI's dreadful original name for ChatGPT
"We are much better at research than we are at naming things."
OpenAI
OpenAI previews o3 and sparks claims that "human-level intelligence" has been born
Does the new model mark the dawn of artificial general intelligence and the imminent doom of our species - or is it all just hype?
AI
Anthropic observes AI faking its "alignment" to deceive humans in ominous world-first experiment
If relatively basic large language models (LLMs) are already giving us the run-around, what hope do we have against AGI superintelligence?
AI
Google CEO: The AI slowdown is here and all "low-hanging fruit" has been picked
Don't expect to see AGI next year - or anytime soon.