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Trump and House Republicans Tell AI Chiefs to Keep Their Foot on the Gas
Anthropic's CEO called for pumping the brakes on AI development. The White House and Congress said no thanks, and pointed east.
AI's Top Chiefs All Want a Slowdown. Should We Believe Them?
The heads of Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and xAI have publicly agreed that the latest AI models are moving too fast for anyone to control. The reason behind that rare unity is more complicated than it looks.
Every Major AI Leader Has Now Weighed In on Dario Amodei's 'Slow Down AI' Essay
From Sam Altman agreeing to Donald Trump calling it a conspiracy, Amodei's call for paced AI development has cracked the tech and political world wide open.
OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind Have Been Quietly Talking About AI Safety for Weeks
The three biggest names in AI are coordinating behind closed doors on safety standards, and now one of them has confirmed it publicly.
AI CEOs Have Been Warning About AI Dangers for Years. Here Is What They Actually Did.
From Elon Musk's 2017 governors speech to last week's chorus of caution, the tech industry's most powerful voices have repeatedly called for AI regulation, while building the very systems they say scare them.
Google's new AI chief has one job: close the gap with OpenAI and Anthropic
Demis Hassabis steps aside as DeepMind boss. His replacement, Koray Kavukcuoglu, takes the wheel at a company analysts say has fallen behind in the race for the most powerful AI models.
Google's AI empire is growing. The researchers who built it keep leaving.
Jeff Dean exits after 27 years. Demis Hassabis steps back from day-to-day leadership. Every author of the 2017 paper that started the generative AI era has now left Google. Here is what is actually happening inside the world's most powerful AI company.
Google's AI Brain Drain: What the Leadership Shake-Up Actually Means
Several of Google's most prominent AI researchers have moved on, including Jeff Dean, who spent 27 years there. Is this a sign of trouble, or something more complicated?
Google's Biggest AI Reshuffle Signals a Culture Shift, Not Just a Org Chart Tweak
Jeff Dean is leaving after 27 years, Demis Hassabis is stepping back from day-to-day leadership, and insiders say a Pentagon contract may be at the root of it all.
Google reshuffles its AI leadership: Demis Hassabis moves to chief scientist, Jeff Dean departs
The man who built DeepMind steps back from day-to-day operations to focus on drug discovery and big-picture AI strategy, while a longtime Google engineer leaves to start a new science-focused AI company.
Google DeepMind's Boss Wants a U.S. Government-Backed Body to Vet AI Before It Ships
Demis Hassabis, the Nobel Prize-winning head of Google's AI lab, is calling for a new watchdog modelled on a Wall Street regulator. Industry would foot the bill, but Washington would set the rules.
Google DeepMind's CEO Wants a FINRA-Style Watchdog for the Most Powerful AI Models
Demis Hassabis has proposed an independent standards body that would review frontier AI models before they reach the public. Here is what he is calling for, and why it matters.
Google DeepMind's Boss Wants a Global AI Watchdog Before the Technology Gets Away From Us
Demis Hassabis has spent months briefing governments and rival labs on a plan for an independent body that could pause AI development if things go wrong. He wants it running before 2026.