Trending Now Mashable Selects Look Up Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Getting Technical with Mashable Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Say More Versus In My Bag Mashable @Home Top creators, ranked Creator Playbook All Series Anthropic's AI safety bill would pause AI models if 50+ people could die Should the AI companies be writing AI safety laws? 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. Anthropic has some interesting ideas regarding what an AI safety bill should look like. As concern grows regarding the dangers of artificial intelligence, AI regulation has become a hot topic in both Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. AI giant Anthropic, the maker of Claude, has been pitching its own set of AI safety rules to lawmakers, and Politico recently obtained a confidential draft of the company's proposals. So, what's in Anthropic's proposed AI safety bill?

Around 80 pages on WhatsApp's website exposed instructions that were designed for its chatbot, including "WHAT NOT TO SAY." Meta says a bug caused the issue. Dozens of WhatsApp web pages designed to answer people's questions about Meta's encrypted messaging app inadvertently exposed the company's own instructions to its chatbot. These included some sections titled "WHAT NOT TO SAY" to users asking questions and explicit instructions not to provide people with legal advice. A new analysis has found that around 80 help and FAQ pages across WhatsApp's website exposed text instructions that were designed for a large language model, specifically one of Meta's own. The instructions, according to findings from privacy company Redact, appeared in the webpages' code and contained written details that were not explicitly on the WhatsApp help pages.

Like scientists, AI models don't yet have the data to properly decode it. Researchers have only scratched the surface of the messy, three dimensional knots that influence how our genomes function.Courtesy of Quanta The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Since its molecular structure was deduced in the 1950s, DNA has been hailed by many biologists as the secret of life. They've read and studied the information stored in the DNA found in the cells of living organisms, known as their genomes, and claimed that this genetic database must be some kind of blueprint, code script, or computer. But if DNA really does harbor some greater secret about how life works, biologists have yet to find it. In fact, the human genome is less a script than a puzzle that gets harder the closer they look. Knowing the entire sequence--the order of all 3 billion or so of our DNA's chemical building blocks, nearly fully deduced by the international Human Genome Project between 1990 and 2003--hasn't helped much. That investigation showed that barely 2 percent of the human genome consists of actual genes, the information-coding sequences of DNA.

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Anthropic gives third-party auditors'employee-like access' in AI industry first As AI labs continue to self-regulate, external evaluators play a crucial role in spotting risks. Radhika Rajkumar is a senior editor at ZDNET based in New York City. Anthropic announced it would give METR evaluators "employee-like access." AI labs are under increased regulatory pressure following security incidents.

Science Biology Evolution Large dog breeds die younger. Biologists think they finally know why. 'Jumping genes' may explain shorter lifespans. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. A first-of-its-kind genetic analysis of dog breeds presents the clearest insights into why larger dogs rarely outlive their smaller relatives.

Conservative shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith has said his party, if it was returned to power, would take £50,000 off the cost of building a new home in England and Wales by cutting back on regulations. The £50,000 figure claimed by Griffith reflects estimates by the housebuilding industry of the costs of new regulations and taxes. However, construction and housing experts warn that some of the savings could ultimately lead to higher government spending on schools, roads, and affordable housing. And some analysts also warn the Conservative plans to scrap environmental regulations could potentially push up household energy bills in future. Where does the £50,000 figure come from?

Anthropic's push for AI regulation mirrors Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto lobbying playbook before FTX collapsed, with critics alleging regulatory capture tactics.

Gavin Newsom speaks at Google's San Francisco office about'creating an AI-read workforce', a joint effort with some of the world's leading tech companies to help better prepare California's students and workers for the next generation of technology. Gavin Newsom speaks at Google's San Francisco office about'creating an AI-read workforce', a joint effort with some of the world's leading tech companies to help better prepare California's students and workers for the next generation of technology. California's new laws target workers' biggest fear of AI taking their jobs California's laws aimed at protecting workers from the impacts of artificial intelligence could pave the way for broader workplace safeguards across the US as calls for regulating the technology mount. As the federal government goes hands-off on AI, California is taking the reins to address workers' biggest fears. On Thursday, California governor Gavin Newsom signed a suite of new laws that ban bosses from relying entirely on AI to decide whether to fire workers, using it to predict employees' emotional states or collecting neural data, meaning the information from electrical signals of someone's brain or nerves.

Whatever AI Safety Is, It's Not This Asking AI companies to self-regulate is a great way to pretend like you've accomplished something. Don't worry, we'll make it quick! In 1966, nearly 51,000 people died on US highways. The overwhelming evidence suggested that many lives could have been saved with modern seat belts, which by then had been around for several years. The automotive industry responded by rallying together, and, in a triumph of self-regulation, voluntarily put the safety feature in every new vehicle that rolled off the line.

China has cracked down on AI relationships. Is it ahead of the game? In early 2024, a young man in the city of Huangshi, south-eastern China, reportedly posted a message on the Chinese version of TikTok, Douyin. Within minutes, the suicide prevention team at Douyin kicked into gear. The team, which is staffed 24 hours a day, shared the man's posts with five police stations in Huangshi. After geolocating one of his videos to a local park, police found him in emotional distress and intervened before he was able to take his own life.