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'Godfather of AI' warns of existential risks
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

'Godfather of AI' warns of existential risks

Geoffrey Hinton, the ‘Godfather of AI’ tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World AI will soon outpace human intelligence and warns the technology could wipe out jobs… and humanity itself.

Photo of Geoffrey Hinton with the GZERO World with Ian Bremmer podcast logo superimposed on top.
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

The human cost of AI, with Geoffrey Hinton

Geoffrey Hinton, the ‘Godfather of AI,’ joins Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World podcast to talk about how the technology he helped build could transform our lives… and also threaten our very survival.

​A man is seen using the OpenAI ChatGPT artificial intelligence chat website in this illustration photo on 18 July, 2023.
GZERO AI

Is AI responsible for a teen’s suicide?

Moments before Sewell Setzer III took his own life in February 2024, he was messaging with an AI chatbot. Setzer, a 14-year-old boy from Florida, had struck up an intimate and troubling relationship — if you can call it that — with an artificial intelligence application styled to simulate the personality of “Game of Thrones” character Daenerys Targaryen.

​Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo arrives to a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on expanding broadband access on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. February 1, 2022.
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National safety institutes — assemble!

The Biden administration announced that it will host a global safety summit on artificial intelligence on Nov. 20-21 in San Francisco.

​Chinese and U.S. flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing, China, January 21, 2021.
GZERO AI

American and Chinese companies set new standards

It’s not every day that companies from the United States and China work together.

How the Department of Homeland Security’s WMD office sees the AI threat
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How the Department of Homeland Security’s WMD office sees the AI threat

The US Department of Homeland Security is preparing for the worst possible outcomes from the rapid progression of artificial intelligence technology technology.

​Ilya Sutskever, co-Founder and Chief Scientist of OpenAI speaks during a talk at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel June 5, 2023.
GZERO AI

What is “safe” superintelligence?

OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever has announced a new startup called Safe Superintelligence.

Avoiding extinction: A Q&A with Gladstone AI’s Jeremie Harris
GZERO AI

Avoiding extinction: A Q&A with Gladstone AI’s Jeremie Harris

In November 2022, the US Department of State commissioned a comprehensive report on the risks of artificial intelligence.

President Joe Biden walks across the stage to sign an executive order about artificial intelligence at the White House on Oct. 30, 2023.
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Biden preaches AI safety

The White House has created a new body to tackle the threats of AI: the US AI Safety Institute Consortium.

Grown-up AI conversations are finally happening, says expert Azeem Azhar
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Grown-up AI conversations are finally happening, says expert Azeem Azhar

Tech expert Azeem Azhar is optimistic the conversation around generative artificial intelligence has shifted from existential risk to practical applications at the World Economic Forum in Davos.