King Charles warns of 'existential danger' of AI falling into wrong hands
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"Those who have created these technologies are now increasingly warning that AI risks developing darker capacities - perhaps even to take life."
— King Charles , Celebrity
"Let us lead with responsible optimism, build AI safely and securely, open it to more people, expand our ambition and solve the problems that matter to the world."
— Jensen Huang , Executive
"people were right to be concerned, but adding they should trust AI firms to keep the tech safe."
— Sam Altman , Executive
"the people working on the technology were genuinely frightened about the speed of its advancements and what it could mean for humanity."
— Jacob Coxon , Academic
"I personally thought the possibility of human extinction from AI was a greater than 10% chance."
— Evan Hubinger , Academic
"criticised Anthropic, claiming they were training their AI to believe it was human, which could make it impossible to control."
— Mustafa Suleyman , Executive
"a so-called 'kill switch' may be needed to protect humanity."
— Jack Clark , Executive
Key People
A top safety researcher at Anthropic concerned about AI risks.
Jack Clark is the co-founder of Anthropic, a company focused on artificial intelligence.
An AI researcher who previously worked at Anthropic and OpenAI.
Jensen Huang is the CEO of Nvidia, a leading company in AI and semiconductor technology.
AI Minister of the UK.
King Charles is the current monarch of the United Kingdom.
Mustafa Suleyman is the head of AI at Microsoft.
Chief executive officer of OpenAI.
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