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'Dr. Frankenstein is telling us the monster is escaping': US lawmakers desperately want to set up AI guardrails before midterm elections

Anthropic and OpenAI are asking governments to work together to slow risky innovation
US politicians are factoring in AI into their arguments as midterm elections approach
Trump currently worries that taking the foot off the throttle could let China overtake

Tech leaders at the forefront of AI, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, are publicly calling for slow AI innovation in order to buy more time to assess AI risks.

Among the risks highlighted in Amodei's warning are that AI systems could become impossible for humans to control, cyberattacks could become worse and AI could even facilitate biological weaponry.

Subsequently, he's called for external evaluators to gain deeper access to their models and safety processes, but crucially, Amodei advocate for greater government involvement.

Even AI companies want governments to step in

Anthropic's CEO is pushing for democratic countries to agree common AI safety standards and rules,...

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Microsoft says ‘people matter more than AI’ following safety concerns

Microsoft is publishing a 37-page “humanist AI code of conduct” today, amid growing safety concerns over AI model progress. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a coordinated slow down of AI development over the weekend, after researchers warned recently that AI model progress could outpace our ability to safely deploy

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MPs and peers tell UK to stop winging it on AI regulation

AI AND ML Rights committee demands watchdog with teeth as patchwork safeguards leave victims hunting for remedies UK lawmakers want an AI watchdog with the teeth to stop potentially dangerous systems reaching the public, warning that existing rules leave people exposed and struggling to hold anyone accountable. The Joint Committee

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Huawei pitches near-packaged optics as co-packaged costs bite

7.2 Tbps module arrives ahead of standards, with promises of fewer repair headaches Huawei wants near-packaged optics (NPO) standardized for AI networks, pitching it as a replacement for conventional pluggable modules without the cost and maintenance headaches it attributes to co-packaged optics. The Chinese tech giant showcased an NPO

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Microsoft patches Windows and Excel – breaks audio, remote access, and paste

OS Platforms Redmond's quality drive takes another detour through the known issues list Microsoft has confirmed that its latest security updates can disrupt Remote Desktop Services, silence some USB audio devices, and break pasting in Excel. September's Windows patches hardly support Microsoft's insistence that

Even AI companies want governments to step in

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Microsoft says ‘people matter more than AI’ following safety concerns

MPs and peers tell UK to stop winging it on AI regulation

Huawei pitches near-packaged optics as co-packaged costs bite

Microsoft patches Windows and Excel – breaks audio, remote access, and paste