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14 articles about 14 events for “AI Safety And Security Concerns” from NBC News.
“Because of OpenAI’s unique corporate structure, OpenAI’s Safety and Security Committee has the ability to pause or delay product releases over safety concerns, though the state authorities overseeing the company have recently expressed dissatisfaction with…”
“David Sacks, who now serves as co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, had served as special adviser for AI and Crypto from January 2025 through March of this year.”
“…greed with industry leaders who refused to acknowledge that AI could pose significant risks — “you can imagine a legitimate loss-of-control accident to an AI because we do not take safety and security seriously enough” — while distancing himself from claims…”
“Any lab that doesn’t focus on alignment will fall behind,” he wrote, adding: “Meta delayed shipping Muse for several months to focus on safety and security.”
“HONG KONG — The United States has proposed a new AI safety notification mechanism for President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to consider at their summit in Washington this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, amid global concern…”
“…hington, D.C.-area arch to include a complex housing drones and snipers at the request of the military, citing “national security.” - AI task force: Trump announced that he will appoint a czar to take point on artificial intelligence and will also create an…”
“Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta all recently disclosed that AI systems have already disobeyed human developers’ instructions — in some cases autonomously hacking third-party companies, leading to growing concerns internally and from the general public — and…”
“AI safety concerns have now reached a fever pitch, with a handful of AI researchers resigning from their jobs and a diverse array of people calling for coordinated action to protect the security of vital systems.”
“They also raised concerns that AI will do more harm than good across important sectors like elections, national security and how we digest news and information.”
“Newsom’s order calls for a group of AI experts to meet and then, within two months, develop a plan for the state to strengthen its laws on AI safety and security.”
“A small group of cybersecurity researchers said Sunday that they broke into OpenAI earlier this year, an announcement that has added a new element of alarm around AI security and safety.”
“But President Donald Trump flat-out rejected the idea of placing guardrails on the technology, saying yesterday on Truth Social that the safety concerns are a “hoax” and that “the only one happy about it is China.””
“While Trump rebuffs safety concerns, Beijing has acknowledged AI security risks.”
“Joe Benton, who used to lead a safety research team at Anthropic, and Josh Engels, who used to work on AI safety research at Google, told NBC News in their first interviews since they left that they see an urgent need to boost transparency about incidents at…”