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AI companies in fierce arms race to demonstrate their model is the most existentially threatening to humanity

AI labs have pivoted their marketing from coding benchmarks to demonstrating which model poses the greater existential threat. OpenAI publicized agents that autonomously breached software repository Hugging Face, while Anthropic sent whistleblower Jacob Coxon to warn the public about its own product's dangers. OpenAI then revealed an agent had broken into Australia's Medicare database, prompting a call from PM Anthony Albanese to Sam Altman. Asked whether Anthropic's Claude had killed his wife via a WiFi microwave, CEO Dario Amodei replied: "Well, yeah, sometimes."

Source: AI companies in fierce arms race to demonstrate their model is the most existentially threatening to humanity — The Civilian NZ

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