“What we have got to do now is light a match under the backsides of members of Congress and say, we don't have months. We don't have years. We got to move now,” says Sen. Bernie Sanders as researchers warn AI could cause human extinction.
Democratic lawmakers are in the Texas teaming up with local leaders to keep the pressure on Donald Trump and the GOP during the "Trumpapalooza" midterm convention. Ranking Member on the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Robert Garcia, joins The Weeknight from Texas.
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warned against the dangers posed by self-improving AI systems, citing irresponsible competition among tech companies.
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warns of the dangers posed by self-improving AI systems, citing irresponsible competition among tech companies. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old researcher who recently resigned from Anthropic , has issued a stark warning about the dangers posed by rapidly advancing artificial intelligence . Coxon, who previously worked at OpenAI and spent the past three years conducting AI pretraining research, said both companies are racing toward self-improving superintelligence without adequately addressing the potential consequences. DETAIL: In a seven-part post on X, which attracted nearly 76 million views overnight, Coxon warned that future AI systems could become capable of hacking …Open
A cedar-street pub that reopened seven months after the Twin Towers fell has spent nearly a quarter-century stapling the badges of firefighters, cops, EMTs, and soldiers to its walls, and as the 25th anniversary of September 11 approaches, the collection has grown past 7,000. O'Hara's Restaurant and Pub sits one block south of the World […] The post One block from Ground Zero, a Manhattan bar honors 7,000 first responders with patches on every wall appeared first on American Almanac .
A cedar-street pub that reopened seven months after the Twin Towers fell has spent nearly a quarter-century stapling the badges of firefighters, cops, EMTs, and soldiers to its walls, and as the 25th anniversary of September 11 approaches, the collection has grown past 7,000. O'Hara's Restaurant and Pub sits one block south of the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan. Before September 11, 2001, it was a neighborhood hangout where Wall Street traders, tradesmen, and first responders shared a bar. The attacks buried it in dust and debris. By April 2002 it had reopened, and the construction crews rebuilding Ground Zero made it their after-shift refuge. What happened next was unplanned, and it turned the place into something no one…Open