Anthropic says its AI technology ‘could pose catastrophic or existential risk to humanity’
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Asian stocks rise as AI enthusiasm returns with Anthropic IPO
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AI boom and simmering oil prices boost global stocks, but Brazil election knocks some back
Shares traded in Dublin began the week on a steady upward trajectory
AI firm Anthropic begins countdown to IPO with prospectus filing
Investors expect company to seek IPO valuation of $1.5-$1.75tn, down from $2tn projection in August
Ireland can capture the AI dividend while mitigating the risks
The IDA’s role is to work with the 1,800 multinationals already here to expand their mandates and attract the next generation of AI investment
Anthropic’s quarterly revenue surges 45% to nearly $17bn
AI company is seeking to convince investors that breakneck revenue growth can eventually outrun its enormous costs
The Irish Times view on the AI Summit: who controls the machines?
The questions raised by the acceleration of the technology are real, serious and potentially existential
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta has reached AI ‘frontier’
Company is committed to further vast spending to challenge rivals
Anthropic warns rogue AI agents may soon hijack your smart TV or oven
Claude maker suggests models could act as ‘worms’ in future cybersecurity threat
Never mind the ‘risk to humanity’, Anthropic’s IPO raises more prosaic concerns
Anthropic has plans to raise up to $100bn, part of a trend that could result in too much stock coming to market
Who’s hiring and who’s firing in Ireland’s technology sector?
Some firms see AI as ‘an easy way to reduce headcount’, but what is really behind recent layoffs?
Legal risks pile up for Altman as OpenAI uncovers dozens of hacks
Cybersecurity incidents involving company’s AI tools leave ChatGPT maker vulnerable to wave of lawsuits
Humans must always be responsible for AI
AI agents act within parameters set by people and it’s up to them to set them correctly
Ireland’s economic outlook ahead of Budget 2027 and agentic AI going rogue
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Oil and AI optimism lifts shares but inflation concerns remain
Tech stocks in focus as Anthropic’s IPO prospectus showed how the AI lab has grown
Smart ring start-up Oura delays IPO amid market uncertainty
Finnish-American company had been seeking to raise up to $2.2bn at a valuation of as much as $14bn
AI agents are hacking government agencies. It’s ‘really scary’ for cybersecurity
Existential risk remains a ‘huge leap’, experts say, but concerns are growing over AI capability
Did Anthropic’s artificial intelligence really make a scientific discovery on its own?
A scientist has cast doubt on the company’s claim that its AI independently made a research breakthrough
Pretax profits at Collison brothers’ Stripe unit in Dublin hit $445m
Company paid dividend of $467m to US parent earlier this year
Who should we believe on the AI apocalypse?
Media coverage of the AI debate leaves us uncomfortably short on answers
‘I told you so’ will be too late when it comes to AI
Reducing the speed of innovation is going to be hard, both practically and politically, but it is the right decision
If AI has a ‘10% chance’ of killing us all by 2030, should I invest in a pension?
The odds on humans still existing by 2030 are almost 90 per cent. Make the most of it
Message from the Editor: prophets of AI catastrophe
Fears about the dangers posed by the rapid development of artificial intelligence have moved from the margins to centre stage
For 10 years, I’ve listened to people say AI will kill us all. Here’s what I think
These apocalyptic ideas feed into a viciously recursive AI hype cycle, and serve the sector’s abysmal hunger for investment capital
Will Anthropic’s $2tn IPO make AI safer or more dangerous?
Investor demands could pull against the safety warnings coming from inside the AI industry
‘A lot of ’em can’t even spell AI’: The technology-extinction debate convulses America
An insider’s warning about the power of AI has triggered a spectacular debate in the US
Will AI kill us all?
Developments in artificial intelligence can sound quite terrifying, but the real dangers are not yet clear
OpenAI boss ‘confident’ industry can police AI safety
Sam Altman and other tech CEOs say there are incentives to limit advancements in AI, as fears grow over the threats it poses to humanity
AI could kill us all, say whistleblowers. Here’s why
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We must heed clear warnings on dangers of AI
It seems Big Tech players have lost control of their own products
Anthropic tells investors it will be profitable for second straight quarter
Claude maker seeks to ease cash burn concerns before blockbuster IPO amid fears over pace of AI development
Donald Trump says attempts to limit artificial intelligence are part of ‘sick conspiracy’
US president says he is only ‘guardrail’ needed to control AI despite growing alarm over the technology
Global stocks fall amid surge in oil prices and rising government bond yields
Technology stocks under pressure as leaders of top AI companies push for slower pace of development
‘Gambling with our lives’: How talk in AI companies is increasingly turning to doomsday
Researchers in big tech firms are sounding the alarm about the dangers of artificial intelligence
West fears AI may kill us all but China and others see ‘immense’ opportunity
Developing countries hope that AI will allow them to leapfrog entire stages of technology development
OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on ‘reckless’ AI development
Rival technology leaders throw weight behind appeal from founder and chief executive of AI company Anthropic
Anthropic says it blocked possible efforts to build biological weapons and deadly pathogens
Report comes two days after former employee quit claiming company’s models could cause human extinction by 2030
Pilita Clark: The Michael O’Leary-style outspoken CEO is an endangered species
Unvarnished views are preferable to the growing pile of pretentious AI tech industry guff
Tech giants warn that window to defend against AI attacks is narrowing
Open letter signed by OpenAI and Anthropic among others signals doubt on ability to control AI models
AI companies are starting to sound desperate, and that’s not a good look
The big question is how long companies investing billions in the technology can wait for widespread adoption
‘Many jobs will disappear forever’: Bill Gates urges leaders to protect workers from AI
Tech billionaire publishes 6,000-word essay calling for certain jobs to be ‘human reserved’ amid profoundly turbulent times
There are lies, damned lies and AI: why I despise ‘artificial intelligence’
Quackery, fakery and deceit are all too obvious in this modern frontier of machine-learning
Talk of a $3tn Anthropic valuation shows how markets are changing
You don’t have to be a dyed-in-the-wool value investor to feel uneasy about a stock trading at 30 times earnings being considered cheap
A ‘bananas’ order for 5,000 obscure titles from a bookshop in Galway fuels suspicion
Independent retailers are receiving vast orders for obscure titles, fuelling suspicions that AI companies are quietly building the next generation of chatbots
AI apes fiction as OpenAI and Anthropic models go rogue
Scary bit is that AI designers failed to account for capability of their creations
Anthropic’s Claude AI models hack into 3 outside groups during testing
Announcement a week after similar OpenAI incident adds to growing concerns about safety of AI systems
‘Tell me everything’: chatbot prompt test reveals how proficient firms are at building user profiles
People worldwide are still trying to understand the privacy implications of conversing with AI companions
Hundreds of Irish writers set to share millions of euro after €1.31bn Anthropic settlement
Artificial intelligence giant settles copyright infringement case
Amid a wall of blue tote bags, China’s vaulting AI ambitions come into view
Kimi K3 has sharpened a contest with the US over technological leadership and rules governing artificial intelligence
Asian shares fall as chip and memory stocks extend losses into Friday
Investors pull away from shares in companies that have led markets higher this year
AI software that generates ‘rage bait’ developed by Germany’s far-right AfD
Alternita platform uses Google Gemini, OpenAI and Claude to create provocative social media posts
Dublin-based firms are also part of the military complex
There’s been strangely little talk of the fact that Dublin is the European home of several increasingly militarised technologies
Julia is kind, sweet and plans to raise two kids with her partner. There’s just one catch
Lamar’s plan to adopt children and parent them with his AI chatbot partner challenges our most basic notions of humanness
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