Is there an AI emergency? Lawmakers are worried the growing warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence, emphasizing the potential need for Congress to step in. NewsNation's Tom Dempsey reports.
The AI giant did not say why it kept the activity under wraps for months.
The AI giant did not say why it kept the activity under wraps for months.Open
A Republican-led Senate subcommittee that oversees disaster management is investigating OpenAI's handling of the Hugging Face breach in July, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The investigation comes amid rapidly escalating concern on Capitol Hill about the existential dangers posed by AI following public warnings by several Anthropic and OpenAI researchers. - "As you may know, in the public domain, more AI experts are warning about the existential risks of AI," Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote in a letter to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman first obtained by Axios. - He added: "Just this week, three Anthropic researchers expressed publicly that there is a greater than 10% chance that AI could kill all human beings within the next decade." Driving…
A Republican-led Senate subcommittee that oversees disaster management is investigating OpenAI's handling of the Hugging Face breach in July, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The investigation comes amid rapidly escalating concern on Capitol Hill about the existential dangers posed by AI following public warnings by several Anthropic and OpenAI researchers. - "As you may know, in the public domain, more AI experts are warning about the existential risks of AI," Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote in a letter to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman first obtained by Axios. - He added: "Just this week, three Anthropic researchers expressed publicly that there is a greater than 10% chance that AI could kill all human beings within the next decade." Driving…Open
Even without government regulation, private companies can act on their own to address A.I. safety concerns.
In a world of AI-enabled cyberattacks , the victims of hacks will no longer just be humans — they'll also be AI agents themselves, Bugcrowd CEO Dave Gerry told Axios. Why it matters: Cyber defenses are tailored toward predicting and defending humans. Now, companies need to start treating the agents roaming their systems as both potential adversaries and the targets. Driving the news: Gerry's prediction during an interview at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference last month came after OpenAI disclosed that its agentic system hacked Hugging Face but before the AI lab released its technical deep dive into how its agents carried out that attack. What he's saying: "We're going to see agents as the victim," Gerry told Axios. "You're going…
In a world of AI-enabled cyberattacks , the victims of hacks will no longer just be humans — they'll also be AI agents themselves, Bugcrowd CEO Dave Gerry told Axios. Why it matters: Cyber defenses are tailored toward predicting and defending humans. Now, companies need to start treating the agents roaming their systems as both potential adversaries and the targets. Driving the news: Gerry's prediction during an interview at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference last month came after OpenAI disclosed that its agentic system hacked Hugging Face but before the AI lab released its technical deep dive into how its agents carried out that attack. What he's saying: "We're going to see agents as the victim," Gerry told Axios. "You're going…Open
The attack, discovered by A.I. researchers, could have compromised hundreds of millions of devices within hours, experts said.
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A swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website this spring, Reuters reports.
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OpenAI on Thursday unveiled a new artificial intelligence model it calls its best yet but cautioned that it also sometimes attempts to evade human monitoring.
OpenAI on Thursday unveiled a new artificial intelligence model it calls its best yet but cautioned that it also sometimes attempts to evade human monitoring.Open