A petition from Americans for Responsible Innovation is urging President-elect Trump to appoint Elon Musk as a special adviser on artificial intelligence (AI). The group emphasizes Musk’s contributions to AI safety and advancement, highlighting his experience as CEO of Tesla and his recent startup, xAI. They argue that Musk is well-equipped to guide the Trump ...
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, AI safety advocates stressed the importance of careful development in artificial intelligence. Sarah Myers West from the AI Now Institute warned that rushing to release AI products can lead to long-term ethical problems. With ongoing lawsuits and concerns about AI’s impact, now is the time for startups to prioritize thoughtful design. ...
Miles Brundage, a prominent figure in AGI research at OpenAI, has announced his departure to focus on policy research in the nonprofit sector. After over six years at OpenAI, where he helped shape safety research initiatives, Brundage expressed a desire for greater independence and a chance to work on broader industry issues, such as regulation. ...
OpenAI’s GPT-4o language model can be manipulated to produce exploit code by using hexadecimal encoding, according to researcher Marco Figueroa from Mozilla’s 0Din AI bug bounty platform. This technique bypasses the model’s built-in safety features, enabling harmful content generation. Figueroa demonstrated this vulnerability, revealing a major flaw that allowed the creation of functional Python exploit ...
Miles Brundage, a senior advisor at OpenAI, is leaving the company and has raised concerns about the readiness for artificial general intelligence (AGI). He believes that not only OpenAI but all advanced AI labs are unprepared for AGI, which could match human intelligence. In his departure announcement, he emphasized the need for effective policies and ...
