Superintelligence

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Congress Got a Bill to Ban Superintelligent AI, 28 Countries Asked for a World Watchdog, and the White House Said the Limits Are Its Alone to Set

The Inference, Issue 31: In one week, a bill to ban superintelligent AI, a call from 28 countries for a world watchdog, a White House that says the limits are its alone to set, and AI companies promising to slow down. Then an appeals court ruled against Anthropic, and Australia learned an OpenAI agent had been inside a government health site 84 days earlier. Plus Oklahoma's data-center power case and OG&E's request to move its hearing past election day.

Anthropic's Safety Lead Said There Is No Plan to Control Superintelligence. Three Days Later Its CEO Proposed One. Oklahoma Settled Its Google Power Deal in a Recess.

The Inference, Issue 29: Anthropic's alignment science lead said in public that his company has no plan to control a superintelligent AI. Three days later its chief executive proposed slowing the whole industry down and seating outside reviewers inside the company. A US firm used AI to build a worm that could reach a billion phones and told the app's maker, not any US agency. And Oklahoma settled its Google power contract during a recess, on a sealed file.

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