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☆ Tim Cook uses ChatGPT and says Apple is looking at it closely
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Apple CEO Tim Cook arrives for the season three premiere of "Ted Lasso" at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, California, on March 7, 2023. Apple CEO Tim Cook said recently that he uses ChatGPT, the AI chatbot, and is excited about the tool's "unique applications." Cook added that large language models — the AI tools that power chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard — show "great promise" but also the potential for "things like bias, things like misinformation [and] maybe worse in some cases." The Apple CEO also offered his thoughts on regulation and guardrails, saying they're needed but that AI is powerful and the tech's development is moving quickly. "If you look down the road, then it's so powerful that companies have to employ their own ethical decisions," Cook said.

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☆ A.I. doomers are a ‘cult’ — here’s the real threat, according to Marc Andreessen
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Andreessen Horowitz partner Marc Andreessen Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesVenture capitalist Marc Andreessen is known for saying that "software is eating the world." When it comes to artificial intelligence, he claims people should stop worrying and build, build, build. Andreessen writes that there's a "wall of fear-mongering and doomerism" in the AI world right now. Andreessen writes that people in roles like AI safety expert, AI ethicist and AI risk researcher "are paid to be doomers, and their statements should be processed appropriately," he wrote. In Andreessen's own idealist future, "every child will have an AI tutor that is infinitely patient, infinitely compassionate, infinitely knowledgeable, infinitely helpful."

Persons: Andreessen Horowitz, Marc Andreessen Justin Sullivan, Marc Andreessen, Andreessen, It's, it's, Bill Gates, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, Ben Horowitz Organizations: Getty Images Venture, Nvidia, Microsoft, Center, AI Safety, Tech Locations: China

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☆ One of AI's 'godfathers' Yoshua Bengio says he feels 'lost' amid the technology's rapid, unexpected rise — and says computer scientists need ethics training
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Yoshua Bengio is one of three AI "godfathers" who won the Turing Prize for breakthroughs in 2018. He told the BBC that he would've prioritized safety if he'd known how quickly AI would progress. A professor known as one of three AI "godfathers" told the BBC that he felt "lost" over his life's work. "We also need the people who are close to these systems to have a kind of certification," Bengio told the broadcaster. On Tuesday, he signed a statement issued by the Center for AI Safety, which warns the technology poses an "extinction" risk comparable to nuclear war.

Persons: Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun, ChatGPT, Sam Altman, Bengio, That's, Altman, Hinton, he's, LeCun, – Organizations: BBC, Morning, Center, AI Safety, Google, New York Times Locations: Hinton

☆ A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Kevin Roose | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A group of industry leaders is planning to warn on Tuesday that the artificial intelligence technology they are building may one day pose an existential threat to humanity and should be considered a societal risk on par with pandemics and nuclear wars. “Mitigating the risk of extinction from A.I. The open letter has been signed by more than 350 executives, researchers and engineers working in A.I. companies: Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI; Demis Hassabis, chief executive of Google DeepMind; and Dario Amodei, chief executive of Anthropic. movement, signed the statement, as did other prominent researchers in the field (The third Turing Award winner, Yann LeCun, who leads Meta’s A.I.

☆ AI poses 'extinction' risk comparable to nuclear war, CEOs of OpenAI, DeepMind, and Anthropic say
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Center for AI Safety's statement compares the risks posed by AI with nuclear war and pandemics. AI experts including Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio have also supported the statement. The CEOs of three leading AI companies have signed a statement issued by the Center for AI Safety (CAIS) warning of the "extinction" risk posed by artificial intelligence. Per CAIS, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have all signed the public statement, which compared the risks posed by AI with nuclear war and pandemics. AI experts including Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio are among the statement's signatories, along with executives at Microsoft and Google.

☆ Experts are warning A.I. could lead to human extinction. Are we taking it seriously enough?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war,” said the letter, signed by many of the industry’s most respected figures. These industry leaders are quite literally warning that the impending A.I. revolution should be taken as seriously as the threat of nuclear war. It is, however, precisely what the world’s most leading experts are warning could happen. researcher at Duke University, told CNN on Tuesday: “Do we really need more evidence that A.I.’s negative impact could be as big as nuclear war?”

Persons: Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis —, ”, Dan Hendrycks, Robert Oppenheimer, ‘, ’, ” Hendrycks, Newsrooms, Cynthia Rudin Organizations: CNN, Google, Center, A.I, Duke University

☆ A secretive annual meeting attended by the world's elite has A.I. top of the agenda
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is one among a number of business and political leaders set to join the annual Bilderberg Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will join forces with key leadership from firms like Microsoft and Google this week as a secretive meeting of the business and political elite kickstarts in Lisbon, Portugal. Artificial intelligence will top the agenda as the ChatGPT chief meets with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, DeepMind head Demis Hassabis, and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt at the annual Bilderberg meeting. All in, around 130 participants from 23 countries are set to attend the private meeting — a similar number to previous years. However, the event's organizers say that the discrete nature of the event is to allow for greater freedom of discussion.

☆ DeepMind cofounder says Google should be 'pretty worried' because old school search engines will be gone in a decade. 'That moment is done.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Alistair Barr | Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman has a chilling warning for Google, his former employer: The internet as we know it will fundamentally change and "old school" Search will be gone in a decade. During his final period at Google, Suleyman worked on LaMDA, a large language model. With or without Google, the search experience will evolve to be conversational and interactive, Suleyman said on the No Priors podcast. There will be business AIs, government AIs, nonprofit AIs, political AIs, influencer AIs, brand AIs. Now, that's going to become much more dynamic, and interactive.

☆ 'We're not at the moon yet': Human-like A.I. is still some way off, early investor in Google's DeepMind says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"In terms of artificial general intelligence, OpenAI, ChatGPT stuff: it's like saying we're going to jump to the moon," Humayun Sheikh, a founding investor in AI startup DeepMind, which is now owned by Google , told CNBC in an interview. We are still some way off reaching human-level artificial intelligence despite rapid advances in the technology, according to an early investor in research laboratory DeepMind. His comments come as Google-parent Alphabet merges DeepMind with Google Brain, part of the U.S. internet giant's research division. Earlier this week, Demis Hassabis, the founder of DeepMind, told the Wall Street Journal that some form of AGI might be possible "in the next few years." How do we put that boundary around it and make sure AI doesn't go out of control?," Sheikh said.

☆ The Future of Everything Festival: AI’s Path Forward, Michelle Obama and More
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Sunshine Contacts Ceo Marissa Mayer Believes Great Things Will Come Out Of Artificial Intelligence But Is Cautiously Optimistic. | Former Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida Discussed The Challenge That Comes With The Fed Pausing Its Rate-Rise Campaign. | Google Deepmind Ceo Demis Hassabis Talked About Building Cognitive Function Within Ai. | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

“If you want to change the game, you can't just work from the outside. You’ve got to get inside.”Former first lady Michelle Obama on finding ways to change the food and beverage industry. Gary He for The Wall Street Journal

☆ The Future of Everything Festival: AI's Path Forward, Michelle Obama and More
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Sunshine Contacts Ceo Marissa Mayer Believes Great Things Will Come Out Of Artificial Intelligence But Is Cautiously Optimistic. | Former Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida Discussed The Challenge That Comes With The Fed Pausing Its Rate-Rise Campaign. | Google Deepmind Ceo Demis Hassabis Talked About Building Cognitive Function Within Ai. | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Google DeepMind CEO Says Some Form of AGI Possible in a Few Years
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Miles Kruppa | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Demis Hassabis at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival in New York on Tuesday. Photo: Gary He for The Wall Street Journal

☆ Google DeepMind boss predicts AI as powerful as the human brain could arrive within the next few years, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

DeepMind boss Demis Hassabis believes AI as smart as humans might not be far off. He made the comments at a Wall Street Journal conference. AI that is as powerful as the human brain could arrive within the next few years, according to the boss of Google-owned AI lab DeepMind. The Wall Street Journal reported the news. Speaking at a Wall Street Journal conference, Hassabis acknowledged that "progress in the last few years has been pretty incredible."

☆ Google and DeepMind must put aside years of rivalry and risk ruffling feathers to take on OpenAI, ex-employees and collaborators say
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Google and DeepMind must collaborate more despite the risk of internal turmoil, sources told the FT.A newly formed AI unit named Google DeepMind risks ruffling feathers, the publication reported. Google and DeepMind are reportedly risking internal turmoil by collaborating more to thwart the growing threat posed by OpenAI. The Financial Times reported the news, citing people familiar with the matter. Former employees and collaborators at both companies told the paper that the newly formed unit, known as Google DeepMind, would need to put aside "years of rivalry" to see off the challenge from OpenAI. But the integration of DeepMind with Google's AI lab is fraught with risk.

☆ Read the internal memo Alphabet sent in merging A.I.-focused groups DeepMind and Google Brain
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Jeff Dean, head of artificial intelligence at Google LLC, speaks during a Google AI event in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. The two divisions, DeepMind and Google Research, have also reportedly had tensions in the past, leading DeepMind to seek more independence. This group, called Google DeepMind, will bring together part of Google Research (the Brainteam) and DeepMind. Google DeepMind will operate as a nimble, fast-paced unit, with clear points of connection andcollaboration with Google Research and the PAs. Working closely with Jeff as ChiefScientist, Google Research will continue its focus on fundamental and applied research across abroad portfolio.

☆ Alphabet to combine AI research units Google Brain, DeepMind
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 20 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) is combining Google Brain and DeepMind, as it doubles down on artificial intelligence research in its race to compete with rival systems like OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot. The new division will be led by DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and its setting up will ensure "bold and responsible development of general AI", Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post on Thursday. Going forward, the Alphabet staff will work on "multimodal" AI, like OpenAI's latest model GPT-4, which can respond not only to text prompts but to image inputs as well to generate new content. Google has for decades dominated the search market, with a share of over 80%, but Wall Street fears that the Alphabet unit could fall behind Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) in the fast-moving AI race. Technology from OpenAI, funded by Microsoft, powers the rival software maker's updated Bing search engine.

☆ Advanced AI keeps Sundar Pichai up at night and makes Sam Altman a bit scared. Here's why some tech execs are wary of its potential dangers.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Here's what tech executives are saying about the potential dangers of advanced AI tech. In a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Musk said AI had the potential to destroy civilization. Sam AltmanOpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said he's a "little bit afraid" of AI. "And I think it'd be crazy not to be a little bit afraid, and I empathize with people who are a lot afraid." In an earlier interview with ABC News, Altman said that "people should be happy" that his company was "a little bit scared" of the potential of artificial intelligence.

☆ DeepMind's CEO said there's a chance that AI could become self-aware in the future
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The CEO of Alphabet's DeepMind said there's a possibility that AI could become self-aware one day. DeepMind is an AI research lab that was co-founded in 2010 by Demis Hassabis. The CEO of Alphabet-owned AI research lab, DeepMind Technologies, spoke about the potential of artificial intelligence in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes," which aired on Sunday. DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis told CBS that he thinks that AI might one day become self-aware. Hassabis told CBS that he believes AI is "the most important invention that humanity will ever make."

☆ How an AI breakthrough from Alphabet's DeepMind 'changed scientific history' and could lead to new cures
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Andrew Dunn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

"AlphaFold has sparked a wave of innovation by showing people what's possible," said Chris Bahl, the chief scientist at AI Proteins, a Boston startup using AlphaFold to help develop drugs. "AlphaFold, amazing as it, is just the beginning," Demis Hassabis, the CEO of DeepMind, said on a podcast last year. AlphaFold2 was built with far more biological and physics knowledge of proteins, Jumper said. Next uses will be 'progressively harder' as DeepMind stays secretive on its future workJohn Jumper, a senior staff research scientist at DeepMind who helped develop AlphaFold. "But AI will also continue to progress rapidly, and the folks at DeepMind are very good, so I'm optimistic."

☆ Google's big fear is AI running wild. After ChatGPT, it's too late.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It's in Google's financial interest to present itself as a responsible custodian of AI. On Monday, some of Google's most senior executives, including CEO Sundar Pichai, senior vice president James Manyika, and the chief executive of its AI research unit DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, published an explainer on their approach to AI research, titled "Why we focus on AI (and to what end)." This is a "thinly veiled swipe at OpenAI and ChatGPT", according to a research note from Richard Windsor of Radio Free Mobile. In other words: If ChatGPT and its successors cause widespread havoc, it'll ruin AI adoption for everyone, including Google. There'll be more ChatGPT momentsThere is a flood of money pouring into generative AI startups promising real-world applications.

☆ Elon Musk is still a big fan of 'The Battle of Polytopia,' a video game where the goal is world domination
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis are both fans of "The Battle of Polytopia," per Hassabis. "Polytopia" is a strategy game where players can direct their "tribe" to colonize territory. Some Tesla cars even used to have a feature allowing the game to run during drives. An email to Musk's Tesla email address by Insider didn't immediately receive a response on Tuesday morning. The goal is to compete with other tribes, which can be controlled by bots, to fight for control over territories.

☆ 100-hour workweeks and a bit of luck: How a 25-year-old CEO raised $50 million for his new drug discovery startup
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Andrew Dunn | Sarah Braner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

In June, Charm said it raised $50 million, valuing the firm at $100 million to $150 million. Charm has raised $50 million from top investorsDemis Hassabis, the CEO and a cofounder of DeepMind Technologies. In the spring, Aithani raised the $37 million million round that was announced in June, with investors like Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst joining OrbiMed and F-Prime Capital. The raise values Charm at between $100 million and $150 million, Aithani said, and brings the company's total funding to $50 million. This article was corrected on August 19 to show that Charm has raised two rounds of funding totaling $50 million.

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