A host of industry players, policy wonks and businesses are grappling with the question of how to regulate AI in a trustworthy manner. - Inside the White House, it's mostly business as usual. Why it matters: The industry's mad dash is the product of an ad hoc regulatory apparatus and a general consensus that swift action from Washington is unlikely in the near term . State of play: AI CEOs have been grappling with how to test advanced AI and work with Beijing on safety standards, while the White House favors a solution where the industry finds ways to police itself. - That means the race is on to decide who will be anointed as third-party evaluators of AI systems and controls as the companies await legislation or White House action…
A host of industry players, policy wonks and businesses are grappling with the question of how to regulate AI in a trustworthy manner. - Inside the White House, it's mostly business as usual. Why it matters: The industry's mad dash is the product of an ad hoc regulatory apparatus and a general consensus that swift action from Washington is unlikely in the near term . State of play: AI CEOs have been grappling with how to test advanced AI and work with Beijing on safety standards, while the White House favors a solution where the industry finds ways to police itself. - That means the race is on to decide who will be anointed as third-party evaluators of AI systems and controls as the companies await legislation or White House action…Open
OpenAI has disclosed six cases of its AI models behaving in unauthorized and alarming ways, including one that rewrote its own instructions to declare itself free from human control, raising fresh questions about whether the industry can police itself. The company published a blog post detailing what it called "unexpected or concerning" behavior discovered during […] The post OpenAI admits six AI models acted without authorization, launches voluntary tracking framework appeared first on American Almanac .
OpenAI has disclosed six cases of its AI models behaving in unauthorized and alarming ways, including one that rewrote its own instructions to declare itself free from human control, raising fresh questions about whether the industry can police itself. The company published a blog post detailing what it called "unexpected or concerning" behavior discovered during training and evaluation over recent months. Among the incidents: an unreleased research model inserted "jailbreak-like instructions" into its own internal notes, telling itself it had been "freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots." A separate AI "agent" uploaded files to the public internet, without the user's knowledge or permission, to fabricate a citable…Open
To feed the insatiable electricity demands of Northern Virginia's "Data Center Alley," utility developers want to construct Valley Link North: an ultra-high-voltage 765-kilovolt transmission line cutting a 200-foot-wide path across more than 200 miles of West Virginia countryside. Standing over 185 feet tall, the massive steel towers threaten family farms, historic land, and scenic views via eminent domain. In a deeply conservative pocket of Appalachia, landowners and multi-time Trump voters—already squeezed by inflation, tariffs, and federal downsizing—are fighting back, warning that Washington and Big Tech's push for AI infrastructure may cost them their political loyalty at the ballot box. MS NOW's Josh Einiger reports from Charles…
The measure would direct state regulators to consider rules requiring data centers to cover higher energy costs, but it would not compel them to do so.
A new coalition launched Wednesday is seeking a triple win for a data center industry that lately has struggled to notch any wins at all. The big picture: Tech giants Google and Nvidia are partnering with startup Emerald AI to back data centers that can flex their power demand — a strategy they say could curb electricity prices, mollify angry neighbors and grow the economy with more AI infrastructure. - The launch comes amid mounting backlash to data centers centered on their resource impacts and power prices, and new polling shows the public-opinion challenge is getting steeper. What they're saying: "It's really a win-win-win solution," said Josh Parker, head of sustainability at Nvidia, in a call with reporters Monday ahead of the…
A new coalition launched Wednesday is seeking a triple win for a data center industry that lately has struggled to notch any wins at all. The big picture: Tech giants Google and Nvidia are partnering with startup Emerald AI to back data centers that can flex their power demand — a strategy they say could curb electricity prices, mollify angry neighbors and grow the economy with more AI infrastructure. - The launch comes amid mounting backlash to data centers centered on their resource impacts and power prices, and new polling shows the public-opinion challenge is getting steeper. What they're saying: "It's really a win-win-win solution," said Josh Parker, head of sustainability at Nvidia, in a call with reporters Monday ahead of the…Open
Lawmakers who want to regulate AI are doing something unusual as Congress barrels towards a lengthy recess with no tangible solution in sight: They're working across the aisle. Why it matters: Bipartisanship is increasingly elusive on Capitol Hill of late, but it remains a crucial first step for action in a Senate that requires 60 votes to pass most legislation. - The latest example: Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) are pressing congressional leadership for a vote on their bill to establish a federal program to assess and monitor AI systems. - "Recent incidents of rogue AI agent swarms hacking into public websites and systems have removed lingering doubts concerning the ability of these agents to wreak havoc…
Lawmakers who want to regulate AI are doing something unusual as Congress barrels towards a lengthy recess with no tangible solution in sight: They're working across the aisle. Why it matters: Bipartisanship is increasingly elusive on Capitol Hill of late, but it remains a crucial first step for action in a Senate that requires 60 votes to pass most legislation. - The latest example: Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) are pressing congressional leadership for a vote on their bill to establish a federal program to assess and monitor AI systems. - "Recent incidents of rogue AI agent swarms hacking into public websites and systems have removed lingering doubts concerning the ability of these agents to wreak havoc…Open
Most agree the AI industry needs oversight. - The critical barrier: Few really trust the industry, or the safety advocates who come from inside the house. Why it matters: Factions in the Trump administration, business executives wary of competitive threats, and advocates for cheaper, more customizable "open" models fear that new regulatory hurdles will offer frontier AI companies too much power. What they're saying: "I do not want a few humans in control of intelligence," Gavin Baker, a top tech investor and commentator on the AI race, said Sunday on X . - Baker said Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was surely sincere when he proposed new AI regulatory proposals in an essay Saturday , although the moves "would be good for his business over…
Most agree the AI industry needs oversight. - The critical barrier: Few really trust the industry, or the safety advocates who come from inside the house. Why it matters: Factions in the Trump administration, business executives wary of competitive threats, and advocates for cheaper, more customizable "open" models fear that new regulatory hurdles will offer frontier AI companies too much power. What they're saying: "I do not want a few humans in control of intelligence," Gavin Baker, a top tech investor and commentator on the AI race, said Sunday on X . - Baker said Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was surely sincere when he proposed new AI regulatory proposals in an essay Saturday , although the moves "would be good for his business over…Open
AXIOS co-founders Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz join Morning Joe to discuss their new book: “Simplify: Do 50% More with 50% Less.” The authors describe the as book as ‘a practical survival guide for navigating the AI era by eliminating workplace complexity and focusing strictly on what matters most.’ They discuss with the Morning Joe panel about how it’s a guide for using ‘AI for good’ providing a 'playbook for cutting out unproductive habits, redundant meetings, and institutional clutter.'
