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Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by MIT Tech Review
In recent weeks, leaders of some of the biggest AI companies have warned that the very tech they are developing is dangerous. Last weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei argued that AI carries serious risk and that progress should be slowed.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by MIT Tech Review
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