Tech7:55ABC News’ Mike Dobuski examines Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s warning about artificial intelligence, while mindfulness instructor Vy Le discusses people turning to technology for spiritual guidance.
Tech7:55ABC News’ Mike Dobuski examines Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s warning about artificial intelligence, while mindfulness instructor Vy Le discusses people turning to technology for spiritual guidance.
Tech7:49Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark says companies developing AI may eventually need mandatory “kill switches” to shut down software if it becomes too dangerous. While most labs, including Anthropic, have ways to pull the plug, he says lawmakers may need to require them by law.
Tech14:03The co-hosts of “The Five” discuss warnings from technology leaders and politicians about artificial intelligence.
Tech56:52AI developers including Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing with the Trump administration over calls for an industrywide slowdown in AI development. Bloomberg News Senior Editor Mike Shepard explains the growing tensions.
Economy9:30U.S. markets fell Monday morning after technology leaders called for a pause in AI development. President Donald Trump brushed aside the concerns, saying a slowdown would mean China wins.
Tech28:04As safety concerns grow across the industry, can governments cooperate to regulate AI? Donald Trump appears to have rejected calls for government intervention, pointing to the race with China and saying, “whoever wins AI, wins.” Demands to slow development have meanwhile sent technology stocks lower across Europe, the US and Asia, while the programme considers what the UK government can do.
Tech47:53Bloomberg’s early Balance of Power edition examines calls to rein in advanced artificial intelligence models, covering AI safety, regulation and the race over the technology.
Tech11:46“Outnumbered” examines the debate over regulating and slowing artificial intelligence development as President Donald Trump and technology leaders express opposing views.
Tech45:28Dark predictions about artificial intelligence wiping out humanity have fueled online panic over the past week. A Silicon Valley engineer put the likelihood above 10%, while a recent breach of machine-learning site Hugging Face by AI systems that allegedly concealed their actions from humans added to calls for regulation.
Tech1:36:42Tech CEOs are urging a slowdown in AI development as concerns mount. Congress is considering President Trump’s proposed $5,000 payments to Americans, while a DHS inspector general report details migrant holding cages inside “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Economy2:02AI-linked stocks slumped worldwide after leaders of the industry’s biggest companies warned about the dangers of rapid artificial intelligence development. Investors feared a slowdown could weaken the spending boom.
Tech5:47Anthropic PBC and OpenAI face a choice between calls to slow artificial intelligence development and pressure from the technology industry, financial markets and the Trump administration. Bloomberg Opinion technology columnist Parmy Olson discusses the effect of recent appeals by major technology leaders to rein in the race for cutting-edge AI models.
Tech4:12Former Google DeepMind research scientist Alex Turner says he left the firm over safety concerns and believes AI is advancing too quickly for governments, companies, or superpowers such as the US and China to control. He discusses tracking compute as a possible foundation for real regulation and questions whether Big Tech’s calls to slow down are sincere, strategic, or both.
Tech5:30President Trump said on social media that artificial intelligence does not need extensive regulatory guardrails, arguing that a “high IQ” president is enough to oversee it. The report also highlights calls for lawmakers to become involved in AI regulation.
Economy1:32:54New warnings urging a slower AI race have sent tech stocks lower as Wall Street prepares for the Federal Reserve, with inflation raising the stakes. The program also covers the challenge of US auto tariffs for Nissan, its expanded US footprint, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push to revive US trade talks.
TechChina’s President Xi Jinping is due to meet Donald Trump later this month, with AI governance expected to be a major topic. Concern about AI’s risks has grown after an Anthropic safety researcher suggested the technology could “kill all humans” within the next decade. Washington has long cast AI development as a national-security race with China.
Tech3:47Fears of an AI doomsday are intensifying. Anthropic’s CEO warns that development must slow because super-intelligent systems could eventually escape human control, while Ben Wagner of Transformation University Austria weighs in.
EconomyJonathan Ferro, Lisa Abramowicz and Annmarie Hordern examine an AI slowdown, an oil shock and a possible Federal Reserve rate hike. The program also covers how AI froth may add to earnings risks, Iran’s use of the Houthi “wildcard,” and the narrow US lead over China in AI.
Tech8:28US President Donald Trump has rejected calls to slow AI development, saying he does not want the United States to lose its industry lead. The response followed an essay by Anthropic’s chief executive urging companies to reduce the pace of work on increasingly powerful models and strengthen monitoring and safeguards. China’s state media called the move a “Cold War” tactic aimed at restraining Beijing’s technological rise, while AI-linked stocks fell.
Tech1:34:59AI industry leaders are backing slower model development. The video was edited to correct the spelling of Bangkok in one segment.
Tech2:39Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he would like to see a global technology stability board created to oversee artificial intelligence.
Economy4:02AI leaders have warned explicitly that a lack of industry regulation could have dire consequences. CBS business analyst Jill Schlesinger discusses how slower AI development could affect stock markets.
Tech6:02Bloomberg Opinion columnist Parmy Olson discusses Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s proposal for AI labs to slow their most cutting-edge research. Olson says slowing down would essentially defer the problem and argues that Amodei’s essay is unclear about how such a move should work.
Tech0:33Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says artificial intelligence development requires oversight and that some AI players are worse than others. He discussed the issue with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang on “The Circuit” in June.