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I met the ‘godfathers of AI’ in Paris – here’s what they told me to really worry about

Experts are split between concerns about future threats and present dangers. Both camps issued dire warnings, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

The Guardian - UK

The Paris AI Action Summit was a fork in the road—but are we on a path to prosperity or disaster?

AI Safety, the original purpose of these summits, was sidelined in favor of talk of AI opportunity

Fortune

‘Engine of inequality’: delegates discuss AI’s global impact at Paris summit

Emmanuel Macron’s tech envoy warns attenders current trajectory of artificial intelligence is unsustainable

The Guardian - UK

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AI safety testing gets poor grades in a new report

A third-party lab caught OpenAI's o1 model trying to deceive, while OpenAI's safety testing has been called into question.

Fortune

‘A fork in the road’: laundry-sorting robot spurs AI hopes and fears at Europe’s biggest tech event

Humanoid called Digit fuelled boosterism at Web Summit, but also raised concerns about jobs, safety and climate

The Guardian - UK

Musk’s influence on Trump could lead to tougher AI standards, says scientist

Tycoon might help president-elect realise that race for artificial general intelligence is a ‘suicide race’, says Max Tegmark

The Guardian - UK

Tech Sector Gathers In Lisbon In Shadow Of Trump Victory

Leading lights of the tech industry are meeting in Lisbon on Tuesday for the Web Summit, the sector's first big event since the US election, with Donald Trump's victory expected to be a key theme of their discussions.

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Is math objectively real?

Scientists still debate whether our mathematical models of the universe objectively exist

Salon

Big tech has distracted world from existential risk of AI, says top scientist

Max Tegmark argues that the downplaying is not accidental and threatens to delay, until it’s too late, the strict regulations needed

The Guardian - UK

Why the multiverse is possible according to physics, but not definitely

From the possibility of multiple universes to the concept of cosmic inflation, explore the boundaries of physics and reality.

The Hindu

TechScape: Why Sunak’s ‘vanity jamboree’ on AI safety was actually … a success

Against the odds, world leaders agreed on a landmark declaration to bring stronger oversight to AI. Plus, Sam Bankman-Fried’s very bad week

The Guardian - UK

Humanity at risk from AI ‘race to the bottom’, says tech expert

MIT professor behind influential letter says unchecked development is allowing a few AI firms to jeopardise society’s future

The Guardian - US

First Thing: Zelenskiy faces difficult time in Washington amid Congress spending battle

Republicans propose stopgap bill that excludes funding for Ukraine as both parties signal they have questions for Kyiv’s delegation. Plus, why are 500,000 people watching paint dry?

The Guardian - UK

AI-focused tech firms locked in ‘race to the bottom’, warns MIT professor

Physicist Max Tegmark says competition too intense for tech executives to pause development to consider AI risks

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Evening Standard

Could the Everything Everywhere All At Once multiverse be real? Here’s the science behind the film

Perhaps there’s a version of you out there who also has a third eye

Daily Mirror

Probability of nuclear war is now the same as 'Russian roulette', says scientist

Leading scientist Professor Max Tegmark has worked out that the probability of an apocalyptic nuclear war over the Ukraine crisis now stands at just one in six or the same as Russian roulette

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