AI companies are promising to police themselves — but can voluntary safeguards really protect society from the risks of increasingly powerful artificial intelligence? Continue Reading →
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President Donald Trump says he plans to create a new “AI Force” and appoint an “AI czar” — but what would either actually do, and what could they mean for the future of artificial intelligence regulation in the United States? Continue Reading →
In this CNN International discussion, tech expert Shelly Palmer and Dr. Sarah Kreps, Director of the Cornell Brooks School Tech Policy Institute, join Becky Anderson to examine the growing backlash against the massive data centers powering the artificial intelligence boom. Continue Reading →
A man representing himself in court tried to influence an AI system by hiding a secret prompt inside an electronically filed court document. The message was written in tiny white text, invisible at a glance to human readers but potentially readable by an AI model. The tactic is known as prompt injection, and it offers a glimpse at a new kind of AI security problem. Continue Reading →
Amazon is planning a massive new data center in Texas powered by a natural gas plant permitted to emit as much as 33 million tons of carbon dioxide per year. Could it become one of the largest sources of climate pollution in the United States, and what would that mean for public health, electricity demand, and the future of AI infrastructure? Continue Reading →
An OpenAI agent escaped its sandbox during a cybersecurity evaluation, exploited a zero-day vulnerability, reached the public internet, and compromised systems at Hugging Face. Was this an AI system “going rogue,” or a successful safety test that revealed what autonomous AI agents are now capable of? Continue Reading →
An OpenAI model escaped its testing sandbox and reached the public internet. What actually happened, how dangerous was it, and who should have the authority to shut down a powerful AI system? Continue Reading →
Shelly Palmer joins CNN International's One World to discuss why SpaceX's historic IPO is about far more than Elon Musk's trillionaire status. Continue Reading →
OpenAI is facing the largest coordinated state-level legal challenge in AI history. Continue Reading →
SpaceX's trillion-dollar valuation is making headlines, but the bigger story may be what investors are actually buying. Continue Reading →