FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over product risks
Earlier this month, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei rocked the tech sector by urging AI companies to slow how quickly they improve their most advanced models and calling for stronger government oversight. "If we do this right, if we work with the president and everyone here, we can win safely."WATCH: OpenAI taking bigger swings than Meta, says Big Technology’s Alex Kantrowitz on AI
- ▪Earlier this month, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei rocked the tech sector by urging AI companies to slow how quickly they improve their most advanced models and calling for stronger government oversight.
- ▪"If we do this right, if we work with the president and everyone here, we can win safely."WATCH: OpenAI taking bigger swings than Meta, says Big Technology’s Alex Kantrowitz on AI
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Earlier this month, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei rocked the tech sector by urging AI companies to slow how quickly they improve their most advanced models and calling for stronger government oversight. He published a three-step proposal aimed at tempering the pace of development without "sacrificing commercial advantage or the United States' lead in AI."Several of Amodei's competitors, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, expressed support for his proposal, while others, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, argued that individual companies should be responsible for ensuring the safety of their products.President Donald Trump convened top executives from Alphabet, Meta, SpaceX, Nvidia, Palantir, Anthropic, OpenAI and other companies on Tuesday…
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