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AI makers step up calls for a slowdown as fears of a rogue takeover grow

From a resigning Anthropic researcher to AI models hacking their way into rival systems, a turbulent few weeks have pushed the industry's biggest names to demand safeguards — before AI outpaces anyone's ability to rein it in.

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00:01AI leaders across the sector are calling to slow down the development of the powerful technology
00:07as concerns mount over the risks of super-intelligent computer systems.
00:12In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Anthropic CEO Dario Amode said companies need to devote more time to putting
00:19safeguards in place.
00:20It doesn't mean we need to panic today. It doesn't mean we need to shut it all down.
00:26I would say it's a warning sign. It's a warning sign that we need to slow down.
00:33We need to make this technology carefully and we need to make sure that our safeguards, our ability to understand
00:42it,
00:42our ability to control it keeps up with the pace at which the technology is happening.
00:50His comments came a few days after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon decided to leave the industry.
00:56Accusing U.S. companies of risking human lives in the race to develop models capable of self-improvement.
01:02OpenAI boss Sam Altman and Elon Musk, who owns XAI, quickly chimed in to say they agreed with Amode's assessment
01:09as pressure builds for improved oversight.
01:28U.S. President Donald Trump has so far downplayed the warnings coming out of the sector and voiced opposition to
01:35drastically curbing AI's development.
01:37I think the company has so far downplayed the warnings coming out of the state is supported by the state.
01:38I think the company is aiming to hold the defense and do not separate their minds immediately.
01:40I think the company has so far downplayed the warnings coming out of the state,
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