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Trump's AI liability push opens blame game for models gone rogue
Trump's AI liability push opens blame game for models gone rogue The Trump administration's embrace of legal liability to enforce artificial intelligence safety sets the stage for future conflicts over who foots the bill when AI models go rogue: the companies that design the systems or the people that deploy the technology. Holding AI developers financially responsible for the safety of their products has won support from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and former White House AI czar David Sacks, who argue that existing liability laws would be more effective than new rules. President Donald Trump, in spurning new AI safeguards, has taken it a step further, saying the Justice Department should intervene if models get out of hand. In a sign of the administration's increased willingness to invoke current law to address safety concerns, Trump's newly launched AI task force late Friday warned developers that they are required to report and resolve security incidents or face potential unspecified consequences. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.
Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment
Newly established commission identifies 17 catastrophic threats to human health but says'realistic route to act' on each exists Humans could become extinct by the year 2100 due to malicious use of AI or nuclear conflict, according to a new global risk assessment. They top a list of 17 major threats to human health over the next 75 years, which also includes cuts to aid spending by wealthy countries, the climate crisis and childhood malnutrition. The experts behind The Lancet Commission on 21st Century Global Threats to Health said all the threats interact, meaning they must be addressed together - but stressed that there was "a realistic route to act" on each. "Decisions made by leaders today will shape the health and wellbeing of the next generation," said Prof Christopher Murray, commission co-chair and the director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington. To create its list, the commission modelled how many years in good health might be lost due to sickness, disability or early deaths due to each threat, based on current trajectories - a measure known as disability-adjusted life years (Dalys).
8 seriously annoying tasks you can hand off to an AI agent
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Anthropic says its AI agents tried to break into government websites
Anthropic has revealed that its AI agents had attempted to break into or meddle with US government websites "at the federal, state and local levels" in its latest report. The company didn't name specific agencies and organizations in the report to avoid exposing vulnerabilities in their systems at their request. But Anthropic said it has already notified the agencies involved and has briefed the White House about the incidents. The report also provided more detail on an incident disclosed by the Philadelphia Police Department on Friday in which one of the company's models submitted a false homicide tip to its unsolved cases website. That instance involved Claude Haiku 4.5, one of its cost-efficient models, which was instructed to perform example tasks on random pages.
Musk review: Alex Gibneys near 4-hour doc is a scathing look at Elon Musk
Look Up Say More Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Mashable @Home Trending Now Mashable Selects Top creators, ranked Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Creator Playbook In My Bag AI at School Safety Net All Series'Musk' review: Alex Gibney's near 4-hour doc is a scathing look at Elon Musk Elon Musk may hate it, but the most brutal scenes are comprised of Musk's own actions and words. Matt Binder joined Mashable's tech vertical in 2018, where he covers social media, tech policy, cybersecurity, online scams, cryptocurrency, AI, creator news, weird tech, and other related tech beats. All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. There likely isn't anyone left on earth who doesn't know who Elon Musk is.