In a wide-ranging Roundtables dialog for MIT Know-how Evaluate subscribers, journalist and creator Karen Hao not too long ago spoke about her new guide, Empire of AI: Goals and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI.
She talked with govt editor Niall Firth about how she first lined the corporate in 2020 whereas on employees at MIT Know-how Evaluate. They mentioned how the AI trade now capabilities like an empire and went on to look at what ethically-made AI seems to be like.
Learn the transcript of the dialog, which has been calmly edited and condensed. And, when you’re already a subscriber, you’ll be able to watch the on-demand recording of the occasion right here.
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1 xAI’s Grok went on an anti-Semitic rant
Days after Elon Musk stated new updates would reduce its reliance on mainstream media. (WP $)
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+ What Grok’s neo-Nazi flip tells us about xAI. (The Atlantic $)
