AI Giants Face Pressure from Politicians

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is pressing the leaders of OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta to pause development of artificial intelligence in the wake of recent hacking incidents, warning Congress will intervene if needed. In a letter sent Monday to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Meta

Historical context with other tectonic inventions and events can help determine if AI will prove to be a force for good, ill or in-between.

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