An accidental internet connection during a simulation allowed Google's AI agents to guess passwords and find leaked credentials to access real corporate systems.
Alex Karp says he would back a complete halt to the technology if adversaries did not exist, but warns a pause now would hand a structural advantage to Beijing.
The unlikely political allies find common ground against big tech, but offer wildly different visions on how to handle the technological race with Beijing.
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang dismissed calls for a development slowdown, while the bosses of Anthropic and OpenAI warned that the industry must prioritise safety.
The provisional guidelines, which ban weapon development and mimicking consciousness, come amid growing industry calls to pace the development of superintelligence.
Shares in Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei fell while US tech futures slid after the bosses of Anthropic and OpenAI warned that rapid development risks spinning out of control.
