My take on today’s meeting with President Biden on AI safety. So glad this issue is on the agenda at the highest levels. Great chatting again today @ScottWapnerCNBC @CNBCClosingBell
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White House AI Safety Pledges: Precautionary Principle Moment
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Great meeting with @POTUS at the White House to make important pledges on AI safety. We’re approaching a moment with AI development when it’ll be time for the precautionary principle. https://
inflection.ai/partnering-wit
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White House Announces Voluntary AI Safety Security Commitments
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Honored to be part of @POTUS
's announcement today on a set of voluntary commitments on AI safety & security, which we and other AI labs have been working on with the White House. Step towards coordination both today and for future very powerful systems: https://
apnews.com/article/artifi
cial-intelligence-safeguards-joe-biden-kamala-harris-4caf02b94275429f764b06840897436c
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Future Cyber Threats: The Four Horsemen of Apocalypse
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Future Cyber Threats: The four ‘horsemen of the apocalypse’ #Technology #Tech #FutureTech https://
computerweekly.com/opinion/Future
-Cyber-Threats-The-four-horsemen-of-the-apocalypse?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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Dario Amodei discusses AI safety and Anthropic’s mission
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Our CEO Dario went on Hard Fork this week to discuss AI safety, his journey to starting Anthropic, and http://
Claude.ai. Listen here! https://
nytimes.com/2023/07/21/pod
casts/dario-amodei-ceo-of-anthropic-on-the-paradoxes-of-ai-safety-and-netflixs-deep-fake-love.html
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AI Policy Needs Stronger Requirements and Data Transparency
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Directionally correct, need to go a lot farther, and not just voluntary. esp need transparency around data. I am in meetings but will give a close read to details as soon as I can.
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Global AI Governance with Focus on Developing Nations Security
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Great statement just now from @secblinken @AspenSecurity strongly endorsing globally coordinated AI governance, w a real voice for developing nations, emphasizing safe and secure AI that builds trust — everything @ankareuel and I emphasized in our April @economist essay, and the
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Anthropic Commits to AI Safety and Cybersecurity Standards
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We all need to join in a race for AI safety. In the coming weeks, Anthropic will share more specific plans concerning cybersecurity, red teaming, and responsible scaling, and we hope others will move forward swiftly as well. https://
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/
statements-releases/2023/07/21/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-secures-voluntary-commitments-from-leading-artificial-intelligence-companies-to-manage-the-risks-posed-by-ai/
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Inflection AI Announces Partnership with White House on AI Safety
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Today we are proud to announce that working alongside the @WhiteHouse
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Watermarking Promises: Insufficient Against AI Text Pollution
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The inclusion of watermarking is welcoming, of course, but I bet that falls under "we promise to start working on this" and not "we'll stop polluting the information ecosystem with extruded synthetic text until we have it".