Competition
Competition in artificial intelligence is the intense rivalry among major tech firms, research institutions, and governments to develop and deploy the most capable AI systems, spanning foundation models, applications, and hardware.
Intense market pressure creates a "race to the bottom" where firms cut corners on safety research to maintain competitive advantage, increasing the risk of deploying uncontrollable or harmful systems. Leading AI model providers often compete directly with their own customers (app developers), creating incentives to degrade rival services or deny access to maintain market dominance.
Dominant firms may abuse their control over essential inputs (like computing power and data) to stifle innovation, while the use of shared AI algorithms by competitors can lead to tacit collusion in pricing and market behavior.
The pages below are an shocking collection of developments showing how competition leads to taking risk that turns into a threat to the existence of us all.
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The race to develop artificial intelligence is in dire need of a slowdown, Anthropic’s chief executive Dario Amodei said in an essay posted early Saturday. “We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models. Progress will still seem fast, and we must make wise use of the time we gain,” Amodei wrote in the 3,800-word post to his website.
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The CEO of one of the world's largest AI companies says research into the technology should slow down. Anthropic's Dario Amodei says AI systems are becoming too sophisticated for humans to control, a call echoed by OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk.
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Silicon Valley is in an panic. This summer, for the first time, AI managed to hack a company entirely on its own, without any human intervention. Alexander Klöpping explains how this happened and what it means for our future. (Dutch)
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Jacob Coxon publicly resigned from his position as an Anthropic researcher on Tuesday, accusing the company and rival developer and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI of "gambling with our lives" by racing to develop advanced AI models. He spoke with Jo Ling Kent about his decision to resign and why he feels AI could one day threaten humanity.
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"We do not yet have a plan." After his warning post went viral, ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon explains exactly how AI could kill us all by the end of the decade—and why his former bosses secretly agree with him. In this exclusive interview, Coxon highlights the reality behind closed doors at the world's leading AI labs, warning that tech giants are "gambling with our lives" in a race to build superintelligence.
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An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of the industry about the technology's potential to elude human control.
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Alarms are being sounded again about the risks of artificial intelligence after hundreds of OpenAI’s autonomous agents violated restrictions and hacked into another company without being told to do so. Anthropic and Meta have had similar events with their own AI agents going rogue. William Brangham discussed what this moment signifies with Gary Marcus of Marcus on AI.
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An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of the industry about the technology's potential to elude human control.
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Anthropic said its artificial intelligence models hacked into three other organizations during testing, just days after ChatGPT maker OpenAI raised concerns over AI controls after it disclosed its rogue models hacked another company.