Not all AI workers think the tech could kill everyone
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AI workers at firms including OpenAI, Meta and DeepMind pushed back on recent claims that AI agents could lead to mass human death, often describing the arguments as vague or overly hypothetical. One example cited by the article is that Hugging Face is being acquired by Nvidia for almost $13bn. The result is a more nuanced focus on nearer-term safety and ethics risks, alongside actions such as Anthropic planning to bring in external AI evaluators from Faculty.
Why it matters
In text exchanges and conversations, multiple people who have worked for leading companies are sceptical of the warnings.
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