Anthropic founder warns of AI risks - NewsHour

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One of the biggest artificial intelligence developers, Anthropic has warned that the latest models might escape human control. It has proposed a co-ordinated global slowdown on building AI systems. One of the firm's co-founders, Jack Clark has been speaking to BBC. Also in the programme: the latest from Russia's flagship economic forum in Saint Petersburg; and how an outsider reached the French Open tennis final. (Photo: Anthropic logo. Credit: Dado Ruvic/Reuters)

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