6+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1027+ words) It took the possibility of species annihilation, but AI leaders did something remarkable this weekend: They reached a consensus. After ex-Anthropic engineer Jacob Coxon's warnings about a looming AI armageddon lit a firestorm among techies and politicians alike, the leaders…...

9+ hour, 39+ min ago   (401+ words) Everything's fine! Take it from the cofounder of Palantir. In an X post on Saturday, Joe Lonsdale brushed aside the salient worry that advanced AI systems could cause mass human extinction, a concern that numerous engineers and leaders from frontier…...

11+ hour, 31+ min ago   (319+ words) Anthropic has selected the Nasdaq for its potential IPO, according to a person familiar with their plans. The company, which has been targeting an October listing, has given Nasdaq another big win, according to a person familiar with the matter....

14+ hour, 52+ min ago   (358+ words) What do you do if you feel like you're helping build something that could contribute to the end of humanity? This is the existential question confronting the AI industry, a debate that only intensified after Jacob Coxon, an Anthropic researcher,…...

18+ hour, 1+ min ago   (582+ words) On Tuesday, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar headlined a packed Goldman Sachs tech conference in San Francisco. One thing she said really stood out to me: The company's biggest models can now train other smaller models, helping OpenAI save on the…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (323+ words) Sam Altman says now is not a good time. In a Fortune interview that aired on Saturday, OpenAI's CEO said that "given everything that's happening with safety," he doesn't expect to take his company public this year. "Right now would…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (431+ words) Box CEO Aaron Levie wouldn't be surprised if his engineers set up a tokenmaxxing leaderboard. "Honestly, they might exist," he told Business Insider. "I just don't know that it's gone super viral across the entire company yet." Levie wouldn't be…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1170+ words) When OpenAI and Anthropic hit the public markets, a whole lot of employees are going to become gobsmackingly rich. That means it's time for some high-stakes financial planning. Both AI labs recently filed initial paperwork to go public, preparing to…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (257+ words) The leaders of US AI labs are having a come-together moment. After Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said on Saturday that he's "become convinced" AI needs to pace its development to avert disaster, other AI leaders quickly logged on to endorse…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (976+ words) The AI industry's race to build ever more powerful systems is reviving some grim questions, especially for those who are helping build AI. Employees at Anthropic and OpenAI are speaking out on the potential dangers AI poses to humanity after…...