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Dramatic insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon Valley
At a Goldman Sachs conference in San Francisco, Silicon Valley executives and investors expressed skepticism over dramatic AI safety warnings, including
Key takeaways
- Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned, warning that AI builders are gambling with human lives and creating superhuman hacking systems.
- Some Silicon Valley executives believe the existential warnings are designed to generate hype and justify massive valuations ahead of potential IPOs.
- Grindr CEO George Arison instructed engineers to stop using Anthropic's technology due to its public statements.
- Nvidia boss Jensen Huang dismissed the notion that AI will end humanity as complete nonsense.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay calling for a slowing of AI model development and global regulation.
At a Goldman Sachs conference in San Francisco, Silicon Valley executives and investors expressed skepticism over dramatic AI safety warnings, including the recent resignation of Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon who warned of superhuman hacking systems. Critics, including Grindr CEO George Arison and Nvidia's Jensen Huang, dismissed the warnings as hyperbole or marketing to justify massive valuations - with Anthropic valued at $965 billion and OpenAI at $852 billion. Meanwhile, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay calling for a temporary slowdown and global regulation, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that a public listing is unlikely this year, pointing to 2027 instead.
The clash highlights growing tension between existential safety warnings and massive commercial valuation goals.
In their words
“these will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything”
“It is irresponsible for us as stewards of our shareholders' money to be relying on a business that does what this company does, in terms of its public statements”
By the numbers
- $965B
- Anthropic valuation in its most recent fundraising round
- $852B
- Most recent valuation of OpenAI
- >10%
- Evan Hubinger's estimated chance of AI killing all humans within the next decade
How it unfolded
- Jacob Coxon abruptly resigns and warns of AI extinction risk
- Bernie Sanders backs Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act on Newsnight
- Sam Altman rules out OpenAI public listing for 2026
- Dario Amodei posts essay calling for slowed development
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Common questions
- What happened with Silicon Valley executives and investors?
- Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned, warning that AI builders are gambling with human lives and creating superhuman hacking systems.
- Where can I read the original report?
- Read the full report at Bbc Technology.
