Donald Trump dismisses rising AI threats as "things that won’t happen"
· IrishCentralThe rapid development of AI has sparked concern in many sectors of the world, with industry bosses even making calls to slow it down.
The boss of Anthropic, a leading AI company that is behind Claude, recently admitted that he was concerned AI has been ‘advancing drastically faster’ since this summer.
Dario Amodei revealed that he worries AI could be capable of leading a swarm that could take over the entire internet within the next six to 12 months.
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With the hope of slowing down its development, Amodei shared a three-part plan for building the technology at a "balanced rate".
The entrepreneur has received support from other industry leaders, including Grok boss Elon Musk and OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman, after publishing his essay, We Must Pace the Frontier.
The UK’s communities secretary, Angela Rayner, said that she was pleased AI companies were "talking about the threats as well as the opportunities", following Musk and Altman backing the call for slower development.
However, Trump recently boasted to reporters that the US was leading China in AI development, adding: "Frankly, I want to keep it that way because whoever wins AI wins."
The US president described the threats as "things that won’t happen" during his visit to Ireland over the weekend for the Irish Open.
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In July, significant concern was sparked after ChatGPT’s OpenAI system hacked into a popular platform for AI developers on its own in an "unprecedented cyber incident".
The UK’s shadow foreign secretary Tom Tugendhat stated that this attack showed "the various different ways in which breakout capabilities have been enabled".
Meanwhile, Amodei offered a plan to increase checks on the industry, saying that Anthropic would commit to hiring third-party evaluators to verify safety practices and report incidents.
He added that companies within the industry "can and should voluntarily work together to set standards".
Altman backed this call, writing on X: "This has been a primary topic of discussions we’ve had at OpenAI in recent weeks.
"Committing to having independent evaluators with employee-like access is a great idea, and we will do the same. We’ll have more to share soon."
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* This article was originally published on Extra.ie.