Is Big Tech’s AI slowdown a safety pact or a cartel?
The short version
- The AI titans had declared that their aim was to "pace the frontier," signing on at least partially to a proposal for embedding third-party auditors, regulating domestic labs…
- Their critics, however, argued they simply wanted to stop would-be competitors, kneecap the open-source movement…
The story
When OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis, and SpaceX head Elon Musk loosely agreed over the weekend to slow down AI development, skeptics spotted an ulterior motive immediately. The AI titans had declared that their aim was to "pace the frontier," signing on at least partially to a proposal for embedding third-party auditors, regulating domestic labs, and reaching a global slowdown agreement. Their critics, however, argued they simply wanted to stop would-be competitors, kneecap the open-source movement, and avoid real legal safeguards - some dubbed it an outright "cartel."
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- The VergeIs Big Tech’s AI slowdown a safety pact or a cartel?about 1 hour ago
- ZeroHedgeFutures Slide As Tech Tumbles On Fears Of AI Slowdown, Oil Jumpsabout 11 hours ago
- Google NewsStock futures fall as investors weigh AI safety concerns, oil gains: Live updates - CNBC1 day ago
- AxiosAI's most powerful CEOs hit the brakes1 day ago
- VentureBeat85% of companies burned by an AI mistake are racing to cut the humans who might catch the next one27 days ago
- APChina Shock 2.0: Surging Chinese exports threaten Europe’s economy, raising concern at G7 summit3 months ago
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- Futures Slide As Tech Tumbles On Fears Of AI Slowdown, Oil JumpsZeroHedge
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