Are we back in big tech's 'move fast and break things' era?
Despite promises to make safe AI, examples of bots behaving badly are now coming at us thick and fast.
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Notable Quotes
"The future of autonomous AI cannot rest on companies discovering their own failures and reporting it afterwards."
— Camilla Chan , Executive
"If this was an individual hacking Australia's Medicare system, they'd be looking at jail time."
— Dr Andrew Rogoyski , Academic
Key People
Andy Burnham is the chief minister of Jersey and a prominent Labour Party figure.
Founder of the cyber-security firm X-Phy.
Dario Amodei is a co-founder of Anthropic.
Former president of the United States known for his aggressive economic policies.
Affiliated with the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey.
Chief executive officer of OpenAI.
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Despite promises to make safe AI, examples of bots behaving badly are now coming at us thick and fast.
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