Anthropic is telling investors that advanced AI could pose “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity”, according to reports, as it prepares for a potential $2tn flotation.
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it → tell → flotation
The warning inside the startup’s IPO prospectus, which has yet to be made public, was reported by Reuters and the Financial Times.
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which → have → Reuters
The company has previously called for a slowdown in the breakneck development of AI technology.
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company → call → technology
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What has Meta’s Muse AI done?
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AI → do → What
When the consumer tech reviewer Matt Robb listed a keyboard on Facebook Marketplace, Muse accepted a lowball offer without permission, promised a buyer he was waiting inside and handed over Robb’s home address without consent.
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Why are there also new safety concerns at OpenAI? OpenAI has scrapped the release of new model after internal testing.
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OpenAI → list → testing
Astra showed deceptive behaviour and tried to use external tools despite knowing it would be unsafe.
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it → show → tools
Two of the “godfathers” of modern AI have told governments to prepare for an AI “intelligence explosion”, which they say could be the most consequential technological development in history.
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they → tell → history
Their concerns focus on the possibility of AIs being able to improve themselves without human intervention.
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AIs → focus → intervention
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What did the AI chip company Nvidia announce yesterday?
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company → announce → What
Nvidia announced a new security platform that it said can stop AI agents from going rogue.
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it → announce → agents
It also announced a $150bn stock buyback, the largest in US corporate history.
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It → announce → history
Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California
Concerns are mounting about an ocean phenomenon known as a Kelvin wave that could raise sea levels along the California coastline by up to a foot, as scientists say El Niño is supercharging the threat of storm surges and flooding in the coming months.
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Niño → mount → months
The Kelvin wave phenomenon is created when trade winds that usually blow from South America towards Asia die down or reverse in El Niño years, setting off a massive, slow-moving slosh of water.
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that → create → water
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How is the Trump administration paving the way for more pollution from gas-powered cars?
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administration → pave → cars
Yesterday it announced it was slashing clean car rules that had been aimed at reducing planet-heating emissions.
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that → announce → emissions
The move, which relaxes requirements on automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks, was criticized by environmentalists.
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which → relax → environmentalists
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How have fossil fuel firms tried to influence universities?
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firms → try → universities
Recent attacks on US universities by the Trump administration have built on decades of efforts by libertarian donor networks, fossil fuel companies and conservative thinktanks to reshape university governance and increase outside influence, according to a study.
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attacks → build → study
Judge sets $5m bond for third suspect in killing of Black woman hung from tree in Mississippi
A Mississippi judge set a $5m bond for a third man charged over the death of a Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree in August.
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body → set → August
Police disclosed on Friday that Tasia Fortune, 29, was killed before her body was placed in a tree behind an abandoned house in Jackson.
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body → disclose → Jackson
The discovery of her body stoked fear because the scene recalled lynchings in a southern US state with a long history of racial violence.
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scene → stoke → violence
Outside court on Monday, RaShall Brackney, the Jackson police chief, said props were left at the scene “as part of the staging” of a hanging and more arrests were likely.
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arrests → say → hanging
Sport and politics clash as Israeli captain declares country ‘10 times better than Ireland’ after soccer feud
Israel’s captain, Manor Solomon, intensified the feud between the Israeli and Ireland soccer teams by claiming his nation was “10 times better” than theirs and saying: “They hate us and we don’t like them.
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we → clash → them
We’re proud to wear the national team’s uniform; proud of our country and our soldiers.
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We → ’re → country
The two sides played each other at a neutral venue after Ireland opted not to host the fixture in Dublin amid calls for a boycott.
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Ireland → play → boycott
Ireland players bowed their heads during Israel’s national anthem.
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players → bow → anthem
The players also wore black armbands and chose not to shake hands with their opponents in protest against Israel’s military actions in Gaza.
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players → wear → Gaza
Ireland won the match 3-0.
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Ireland → win → match
The two sides face each other again in Serbia on Sunday.
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sides → face → Sunday
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Where else have sport and politics clashed overnight?
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sport → clash → ?
The NFL has asked the US Department of Homeland Security to take down a video likening the former Eagles star Brian Dawkins’s most violent hits to a clampdown on immigrants.
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NFL → ask → immigrants
In a text, Dawkins told ESPN: “I have very respectfully not given permission.”
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I → tell → permission
In other news …
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Tennessee is to execute a woman for first time in 200 years after the governor denied clemency to Christa Pike.
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governor → execute → Pike
Lawyers for the 50-year-old, convicted of killing a classmate in Knoxville in 1995, have asked the supreme court to grant stay.
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Lawyers → convict → stay
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SpaceX has sent its enormous Starship rocket into Earth’s orbit for the first time on a flight intended to pave the way for future missions to the moon and Mars.
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SpaceX → send → moon
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Five men arrested over a suspected bomb plot at a UK airbase hosting US forces have been released on bail.
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men → arrest → bail
The suspects were revealed to be British men in their 20s from London, but the release suggests detectives believe it is unlikely they were on the brink of an attack.
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they → reveal → attack
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Several Florida counties recently declared a state of local emergency in response to a spate of dengue fever infections.
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counties → declare → infections
The CDC says 392 cases were reported for the year so far in the state.
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cases → say → state
Stat of the day: Trump announces $15bn Iowa steel plant as he attempts to boost flagging midterm hopes
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he → announce → hopes
…and 12 more, not listed.
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