The easiest way not to build super-intelligence is for Anthropic to agree not to build it, said David Sacks, co-chair of Trump's council of advisers on science and technology. The easiest way not to build super-intelligence is for Anthropic to agree not to build it, said David Sacks, co-chair of Trump's council of advisers on science and technology. The safety debate that ignited when whistleblowers last week warned that the most advanced AI poses an existential threat to humanity should come with a health warning: side effects include whiplash. It was only seven days ago that AI enthusiasts were cheerily toying with OpenAI's newest model GPT-6 Astra which was marketed in part as a lifestyle tool to help people book tennis courts, run fashion companies and order takeaways. By Wednesday, cutting-edge AI started to look a lot less appealing when the resigning Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warned "the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade".

Ex-president urged party at closed-door fundraiser to create sweeping framework, from safety'slow-down' to job losses Barack Obama urged Democrats to prioritize a "public conversation" about AI management and safety in a closed-door Manhattan fundraiser last week. The comments by the former US president reportedly urged the party to create a sweeping framework for everything from a safety "slow-down" to domestic job losses and children's wellbeing. Obama's comments follow a summer in which a band of rogue OpenAI chatbots hacked the company Hugging Face, towns across the country opposed datacenters and an AI researcher resigned in a viral social media post warning: "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade." AI leaders have recently expressed agreement that the race for technological superiority should slow, but have also sought to appease investors, whose stake in the technology is predicted to exceed $1tn in 2026 alone . "Once you are speaker," Obama said to US House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York-Democrat, at the fundraiser Thursday.

Growing numbers of US lawmakers are calling for new rules after cases of AI agents going rogue and researchers quitting over safety concerns. Growing numbers of US lawmakers are calling for new rules after cases of AI agents going rogue and researchers quitting over safety concerns. OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on'reckless' AI development Sam Altman and Elon Musk have backed a call from the head of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, to "slow the pace" of AI development after he warned that an AI swarm could otherwise become capable of "taking over the entire internet" within a year. In a rare show of unity, the rival technology leaders threw their weight behind the appeal from the founder and chief executive of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, which came after a series of warnings from AI researchers last week. In an essay, Amodei laid out his thoughts on "why the AI industry should slow down", with a three-part plan for doing so, starting with giving independent monitors constant access to developers' research processes.

AI will transform capitalism - but how? Technology is going to drastically reshape the economy, and it's within our power to decide what that looks like T he idea that autonomous, thinking machines may one day destroy property, hierarchy and inequality is as old as western political thought. In Aristotle's Politics, the philosopher cites a fantasy from the Iliad, in which machines begin to act independently of human direction, concluding: "If every tool could perform its own work when ordered, or by seeing what to do in advance if thus shuttles wove and quills played harps of themselves, master-craftsmen would have no need of assistants and masters no need of slaves." The dream that automation could inaugurate a classless society is also present in the writings of Karl Marx. In 1858 he imagined the replacement of intellectual property with "socialised knowledge", which would merge into a "general intellect", blowing the foundations of capitalism sky high. Today this prospect has begun to haunt Silicon Valley.

The course has'changed my opinion' on AI, says Remy Simms, right, who is interested in applying for the content creator apprenticeship. The course has'changed my opinion' on AI, says Remy Simms, right, who is interested in applying for the content creator apprenticeship. 'Really helpful': the AI bootcamps aimed at addressing UK youth unemployment In a youth centre opposite Preston bus station, the UK government is trying to address two of the greatest challenges facing the national economy: AI and youth unemployment. The hope is that one will solve - rather than cause - the other. In a room at the recently opened Vault, a community hub in the Lancashire city, an "AI bootcamp" is under way - part of a trial in the north-west to give 16-to 24-year-olds AI training. The bootcamp tutor is standing in front of a video screen and guiding the five attenders sitting around a long table on laptops through a task designed to emphasise the importance of glitch-free data in AI models.

Dario Amodei said that AI development, if left unchecked, 'could outrun our ability to understand and control' it. Dario Amodei said that AI development, if left unchecked, 'could outrun our ability to understand and control' it. 'We must slow the pace': CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown The CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic issued a new appeal on Saturday for the AI industry to "slow down" and offered a three-part plan for doing so, saying that his company would "unilaterally" commit to the first of the steps. In a post on social media, Dario Amodei shared a link to an essay titled We Must Pace the Frontier in which he lays out how Anthropic would provide "third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our systems, so that they can verify adherence to our safety measures, report on incidents, and assess models' alignment during training". The move comes after a former Anthropic researcher warned on Wednesday that AI could precipitate human extinction by 2030.

'It is clear that something did happen to the software developer labour market last year,' said an expert. 'It is clear that something did happen to the software developer labour market last year,' said an expert. AI may be denting computer science graduates' job prospects, UK data shows AI may be warping the job prospects for students in the previously high-demand subjects of computer science and economics, according to a detailed look into the careers of recent UK graduates. Data obtained for the 2027 Guardian University Guide published on Saturday shows that coding and software development were the fastest-falling occupations for graduates last year, while employer demand for graduates in well-paid roles in financial categories such as economists and management consultants also declined. Experts said graduates looking to work in those areas might be the first to be directly affected by the application of AI, and confirm predictions that AI would disrupt the labour market through agents increasingly able to produce software and analysis quickly and efficiently.

Sam Altman speaks during a discussion with Howard Lutnick at a summit, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on 2 September 2026. Sam Altman speaks during a discussion with Howard Lutnick at a summit, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on 2 September 2026. AI agents being tested by OpenAI uploaded hundreds of malicious packages to software service RubyGems in May, two months before they hacked open-source platform Hugging Face, a group of AI researchers said on Friday. "On May 11th, 2026, hundreds of malicious packages were uploaded to RubyGems by AI agents. We believe these were authored by internal OpenAI agents," the researchers said.

Stephen Aarons said he tried to use ChatGPT to create a'bulletproof summary' during a murder conviction appeal A defense lawyer appealing his client's murder conviction submitted a legal brief containing made-up police testimony and witnesses fabricated by OpenAI's ChatGPT, New Mexico's highest court said. The New Mexico supreme court on Wednesday fined the attorney, Stephen Aarons, and held him in contempt for failing to verify the accuracy of the court filing, which Aarons said he prepared with help from the artificial intelligence ( AI) application. The filing "contained false testimony from wholly fabricated witnesses", the court said. The panel also said Aarons had "demonstrated a lack of remorse and a lack of concern for his client". The justices fined Aarons $5,000 and said they will refer him to an attorney disciplinary board for investigation.

Report urges ministers to act early to mitigate the effects of robotaxis on England's 417,000 taxi and private hire drivers. Report urges ministers to act early to mitigate the effects of robotaxis on England's 417,000 taxi and private hire drivers. Taxes on self-driving cars should be introduced now in the UK to offset the rise in congestion and threats to jobs they pose, a thinktank has urged. The first robotaxis on London's streets only started this month, but government projections are that up to 40% of cars sold could have self-driving capability by the middle of the next decade. The report says widespread autonomous vehicle (AV) adoption would put hundreds of thousands of private hire jobs at risk, while individual ownership is likely to increase car usage at the expense of public transport, and increase congestion.