Artificial Intelligence news

Dragoș Tudorache, the MEP who has spent four years drafting AI legislation, is optimistic final text can be agreed by WednesdayThe EU is within “touching distance” of passing the world’s first laws on artificial intelligence, giving Brussels the power to shut down services that cause harm to society, says the AI tsar who has spent the last four years developing the legislation.A forthcoming EU AI act could introduce rules for everything from homemade chemical weapons made

CEO of DeepMind is ‘not a pessimist’ but warns of threat from AI and says we must be active in shaping ‘a middle way’AI risk must be treated as seriously as climate crisis, says Google DeepMind chiefDemis Hassabis says he is not in the “pessimistic” camp about artificial intelligence. But that did not stop the CEO of Google DeepMind signing a statement in May warning that the threat of extinction from AI should be treated as a societal risk comparable to pande

Demis Hassabis calls for greater regulation to quell existential fears over tech with above-human levels of intelligenceHope or horror? The great AI debate dividing its pioneersThe world must treat the risks from artificial intelligence as seriously as the climate crisis and cannot afford to delay its response, one of the technology’s leading figures has warned.Speaking as the UK government prepares to host a summit on AI safety, Demis Hassabis said oversight of the industry could start wi

Authors and academics also warn development of advanced systems ‘utterly reckless’ without safety checksPowerful artificial intelligence systems threaten social stability and AI companies must be made liable for harms caused by their products, a group of senior experts including two “godfathers” of the technology has warned.Tuesday’s intervention was made as international politicians, tech companies, academics and civil society figures prepare to gather at Bletchley