Claude maker Anthropic warns AI models can replicate themselves by 2026 end

Anthropic’s latest post also offered an initial explanation of how such risks might be addressed. (REUTERS)

Anthropic’s latest warning about artificial intelligence raised concerns across cybersecurity circles on Tuesday. The alert, issued by the company on Monday, suggested that AI models could be just months away from gaining the ability to replicate themselves across the internet. Anthropic’s latest post also offered an initial explanation of how such risks might be addressed. … Read more

World leaders call for global oversight of frontier AI models, seek UN-backed body to set safety standards

More than 20 leaders urge mandatory AI safety testing, shared incident reporting and a possible UN-backed institution to oversee frontier models. (Representational image) (Unsplash)

More than 20 world leaders have called for stronger international oversight of the most advanced artificial intelligence systems, urging technology companies to conduct mandatory safety testing and governments to establish common standards for managing frontier AI. More than 20 leaders urge mandatory AI safety testing, shared incident reporting and a possible UN-backed institution to oversee … Read more

Meet Henry Xie: The 17-year-old Portland student whose method made smaller AI models more empathetic in at least 90% of tests

Meet Henry Xie: The 17-year-old Portland student whose method made smaller AI models more empathetic in at least 90% of tests

A 17-year-old student from Portland, Oregon, has developed a two-step training method that helps small artificial intelligence models copy the empathetic communication style of much larger systems. The method achieved higher empathy ratings in at least 90 per cent of comparison tests. Henry Xie, a senior at Westview High School in Portland, created the computer … Read more

China rejects Anthropic allegations of using Claude to train their models

China rejects Anthropic allegations of using Claude to train their models

China rejects Anthropic’s AI extraction allegations China has firmly rejected accusations by US artificial intelligence company Anthropic that Chinese AI labs, including DeepSeek, Alibaba and Moonshot AI, carried out large-scale efforts to extract responses from its Claude models and use them to train their own systems.Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Beijing “advocates AI … Read more

Invest 97-L tracker: Check out spaghetti models, warnings and expected impacts from Florida to Texas

Invest 97L shows a 70% chance of becoming a tropical depression, with potential impacts on Louisiana and Texas (X@HuracanInfoCo)

Two tropical systems are currently under observation in the Atlantic basin; however, neither poses an immediate risk to South Florida. Invest 97L shows a 70% chance of becoming a tropical depression, with potential impacts on Louisiana and Texas (X@HuracanInfoCo) The remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly are still causing heavy rainfall and strong winds in the … Read more