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AXIOS (Ina Fried) - Welcome to the singularity: AI's architects say the next era of human history is here

Top AI architects say their technology has arrived at a threshold once confined to science fiction: the singularity, or the moment machines begin accelerating their own evolution. Why it matters: If these moguls are right, we may be entering the most consequential technological transition in human history — the opening stages of an "intelligence explosion " that transforms civilization faster than humanity can understand or control. Driving the news: Google jolted the tech world Wednesday by announcing a sweeping rupture in the brain trust that built its modern AI empire, as its leaders signaled that artificial general intelligence (AGI ) is within reach. - DeepMind founder and CEO Demis Hassabis , who has declared we're "standing…

AXIOS (Madison Mills) - OpenAI, Anthropic feud could prop up Google

Google is quietly expanding its Pentagon work — and growing users faster than its rivals — while Anthropic and OpenAI publicly spar over conditions for Defense Department work. Why it matters: Winning the AI race may depend on knowing when to stay out of scuffles. What they're saying: "When you have two major companies fighting each other, it is a good distraction for another company to come in and learn from their mistakes and just go all the way to the top," PitchBook's Harrison Rolfes tells Axios. State of play: Google is set to provide AI agents to the Pentagon's 3-million-person workforce for unclassified work, Bloomberg reported Tuesday . - The news came just one day after rival AI lab Anthropic sued the Pentagon for…

NYTIMES (Tripp Mickle) - Google Workers Seek ‘Red Lines’ on Military A.I., Echoing Anthropic

More than 100 Google A.I. employees sent a letter to Jeff Dean, a chief scientist, opposing Gemini’s use for U.S. surveillance and some autonomous weapons.