The Latest Breaking News on Marc Andreessen wants you to stop freaking about A.I.

Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT are complicating governments' efforts to agree laws governing the use of the technology.

Doomsaying is an old occupation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a complex subject. It’s easy to fear what you don’t understand. These three truths go some way towards explaining the oversimplification and dramatisation plaguing discussions about AI.

'Sometimes I think it's as if aliens have landed and people haven't realised because they speak very good English," said Geoffrey Hinton, the 'godfather of AI' (Artificial Intelligence), who resigned from Google and now fears his godchildren will become "things more intelligent than us, taking control".

The federal government proposes a possible classification system for AI technologies, with more stringent requirements for higher risk tools.

Scientists, experts call "BS" as AI industry faces backlash over "fear mongering"

New report warns of technology’s ability to ‘influence democratic processes or cause other deceit’ as well as ‘target minority racial groups’

PM wants to see UK take key part in creating international agreement on how to develop AI capabilities

Survey shows support for government setting rules around use of technologies such as ChatGPT to protect workers’ jobs

The new statement warns of a deeper concern, saying AI could be used to develop new chemical weapons

The latest warning about AI from experts adds to the urgency for a government response from Congress and regulators.

Top artificial intelligence (AI) executives including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday joined experts and professors in raising the "risk of extinction from AI", which they urged policymakers to equate at par with risks posed by pandemics and nuclear war.