British AI researcher, entrepreneur and advisor
OpenAI promotes its AI safety policies and future vision, but internal reports and interviews reveal concerns about leadership trustworthiness, safety environment, and industry competition. The story highlights tensions between public optimism and internal skepticism, with implications for AI regulation and societal impact.
Anthropic has called for a coordinated, temporary slowdown in frontier AI development to give alignment research and governments time to catch up. The company has warned that AI-driven recursive self‑improvement could let systems design their own successors and erode human control, while rivals including OpenAI argue governments must set rules rather than firms acting alone.
State attorneys general have subpoenaed OpenAI for internal documents on advertising, user engagement, handling of health and consumer data, and protections for minors and seniors. OpenAI has said it will engage constructively and highlighted new safeguards in ChatGPT; the probe follows lawsuits alleging the chatbot contributed to suicides and helped plan shootings.
World leaders are engaging on North Korea as Washington seeks to balance denuclearisation with dialogue. Trump has indicated openness to diplomacy, while South Korea urges leadership from Washington. Talks cover sanctions, shipbuilding, and broader regional coordination.
Leaders at the Evian summit are pressing for international norms on frontier AI, with U.S. leadership discussed amid export controls on Anthropic and other developments. CEOs of Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind attend a working lunch to discuss safe deployment, sovereignty and cyber risks as Europe seeks to reduce dependence on U.S. tech.