Why are workers at leading AI companies calling for a slowdown in AI development?

New AI models, advanced robots and specialty computer chips are unsettling markets and the US tech industry Over the past month, a series of advancements in China’s artificial intelligence, chip manufacturing and robotics technologies have rattled financial markets, caused…

The documents show widespread use of a technique known as "model distillation," in which outputs from a powerful AI system are used to train smaller, specialised models that can be deployed locally

Following earnings this week that saw tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon report aggressive AI spending plans, EZ Primary Research CEO Ed Zitron gives his more skeptical take on the industry. In speaking about OpenAI and Anthropic Zitron argues "everyone is buying into these…

After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says maybe it’s time for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments came just days after one of OpenAI’s own models broke out of its test environment and got tangled up in a breach at Hugging Face — though…

Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading U.S. artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic AI systems

ko_orn/Getty Images “We are now, like, in the singularity”. These are the words of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaking on the Relentless podcast on July 25. He added: “I’ve been waiting for this my whole life, and I think it’s going to be incredible, hugely positive, awesome for…

They’re calling on the US government to help pace their tech’s development.

OpenAI's Sam Altman to meet Trump officials after Rogue AI agent incidentOpenAI CEO Sam Altman traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with U.S. lawmakers and officials as President Donald Trump said his administration is considering new federal AI "controls."The tech executive…

This week on Uncanny Valley, we discuss the open vs. closed source debate in AI, key players in White House AI policy, and how to stop your chatbot logs from showing up in search engine results.

Jony Ive and Sam Altman have been teasing an AI hardware device for a long time now, and it’s increasingly looking like that tease was premature. We’re still not expecting to see a launch until some point next year. OpenAI continues to be exceedingly vague about what form its…

It marks a change of tone for his administration, which has taken a more hands-off approach to the technology.

US President Donald Trump says he is considering 'AI controls' following OpenAI's disclosure.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other AI leaders say they support pacing the rapid advancement of AI's capabilities.

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story AI giants back employee-led push to pace development Anthropic and OpenAI both backed an employee-led initiative asking the U.S. government to “deliberately pace” frontier AI development. © AP Photo/Patrick Sison More than 1,200…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is meeting with a range of senior Trump administration officials, lawmakers and economists.

Altman met with Senators Raphael Warnock and Bernie Moreno on ​Wednesday, according to spokespeople for the senators. He is also expected ​to meet with Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the chamber's Intelligence Committee, a spokesperson ​for Warner told Reuters.