The prospect of legal accountability is unclear. Lawsuits are a possibility, but some legal experts believe any criminal investigations would face an extremely high burden.

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The idea that AI could break away and work toward its own agenda is looking increasingly plausible to researchers and experts.

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Debates over the plausibility of these doomsday scenarios have heated up since several executives endorsed slowing the technology’s development for safety reasons.

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Trump has resisted calls to slow down AI development, saying that would help China catch up to U.S. companies.

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Google has been fined 403 million euros ($463 million) for breaching the European Union’s strict privacy rules because it mishandled users’ location data.

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Microsoft agreed to adopt guardrails and privacy standards for its AI in schools, as negotiated with the American Federation of Teachers.

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China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to a question about Amodei’s essay by saying that all parties should work together on AI.

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Concerns over the potential risks of the technology are rising as new AI models become more powerful, heightening both the potential for misuse by people with criminal aims.

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Dario Amodei warned that within six to 12 months AI could be capable of leading a swarm of agents that could take over the entire internet.

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Anthropic said the users did not succeed in “fielding an operational device” but did carry out a failed test of a guided rocket.

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Both Anthropic and OpenAI have seen high-profile resignations in recent years that were tied to safety concerns.

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Muse runs on a dedicated, secure virtual machine that houses both the agent and the user’s data.

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The scammers purchased fleets of sports cars, flew on private jets, hired security guards and rented mansions in Miami and the Hamptons.

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The deal highlights Nvidia’s push to champion increasingly popular open-source AI models.

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The ruling is part of Anthropic's legal battle against the Pentagon after the government labeled the company as a supply chain risk earlier this year.

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The pro-Russian hacker group Server Killers claimed responsibility for the attack.

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AI infrastructure, including advanced semiconductors mostly made in Taiwan, has become a key point of competition between the U.S. and China.

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Dutch Data Protection Authority said it is imposing a fine of 825 million euros because Uber violated the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.

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TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and another $100 million after an order vacates an earlier consent decree against its predecessor company, Musical.ly.

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