Lobbying Efforts & Political Influence - The AI industry is increasing its presence in Washington DC through lobbying efforts and campaigns [2] - AI companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, Corewave, Nvidia, and Scale AI are reportedly starting or expanding offices in the DC area [3] - OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia set records for lobbying spending in the last quarter [3] - Nvidia increased its lobbying spending to $1.9 million in Q3 [4] - Andre Horowit spent over $1 million in lobbying in Q3 for the first time [4] AI Regulation & Policy - Anthropic spent a record $1 million in lobbying in Q3, pushing for more AI safety standards [4] - Lawmakers are divided on AI regulation, with the White House pushing to override state laws, while some Republicans warn against this approach [5] - Congressional leaders are aiming for a potential vote on preemption in the coming weeks [5] - There is a move to separate AI laws, leaving consumer protections, child safety, and privacy to the states, while federalizing development and deployment to compete with China [9] Congressional Action & Bipartisanship - Steve Scaliz and Brett Guthrie are leading efforts in the House regarding AI [11] - Congressman Gottheimr believes there is a bipartisan path forward on AI [12] - The key is to put a detailed plan on paper for Congress to consider [10][11][13]

RT ELON CLIPS (@ElonClipsX)Elon Musk: Programming explicit morality into AI can backfire dangerously.“I do think there's some danger associated with digital superintelligence. I think the biggest issue is that it has to be trained to be rigorously truthful, and it has to be trained to be curious. And I've thought a lot about AI safety for a long time.One of the challenges you have with programming explicit morality into AI is what people sometimes call the Waluigi problem. If you program Luigi, you can auto ...

Dario Amade is 42 and previously oversaw research at what's now a competitor Open AI working under its CEO Sam Alman. He left along with six other employees including his sister Daniela to start Anthropic in 2021. They say they wanted to take a different approach to developing safer artificial intelligence.>> It is an experiment. I mean nobody knows what the impact fully is going to be. I think it is an experiment and one way to think about anthropic is that it's a little bit trying to put bumpers or guard ...

A16z-backed super PAC is targeting Alex Bores, sponsor of New York’s AI safety bill. He says bring it on. https://t.co/aAG9yyNZDp ...

RT Eva Fo𝕏 🦊 Claudius Nero's Legion (@EvaFoxU)Elon Musk on the importance of establishing the right values ​​in AGI:“I don't think anyone's ultimately going to have control over digital superintelligence any more than, say, a chimp would have control over humans. Like chimps don't have control over humans. There's nothing they could do.But I do think that it matters how you build the AI and what kind of values you instill in the AI. And my opinion on AI safety is, the most important thing is that it be maxi ...

The Anthropic Fellows program provides funding and mentorship for a small cohort of AI safety researchers.Here are four exciting papers that our Fellows have recently released. https://t.co/h8kPrQeV1l ...

AI Safety and Security - AI安全和保障领域存在巨大机遇，可支持创建新的行业垂直领域，最大限度地提高收益并最大限度地降低风险 [1] - 行业需要更多技术、更多研究、更多初创企业和更多企业家，以跟上技术快速发展的步伐 [1] - 工业生态系统能够进一步普及AI，提供广泛的弹性，并确保美国继续在AI领域保持领先地位 [1] Biodefense and Investment - 生物防御是AI和生物技术快速发展的一个垂直领域 [2] - ValthosTech 获得了投资，该公司由前Palantir和前Deepmind的工程师和运营商，以及来自Broad研究所和Arc研究所的世界级计算生物学家组成 [2] - Founders Fund、Lux Capital 和 Definition Capital 参与了对 ValthosTech 的投资 [3]

The AI safety wars are splitting Silicon Valley's old guard, and Anthropic is right in the middle of it. Trump's AIS are David Saxs, is accusing the company of fear-mongering and secretly pushing woke AI rules through Democrat-led states like California. Now, he's calling it a regulatory capture strategy, basically saying Anthropic is trying to slow innovation by hiding behind safety talk.Now, Saxs, who's invested in anthropic rivals like Elon Musk's XAI and coding startup Replet, is getting backup from Mar ...

Welcome back to the exchange. Anthropic dividing Silicon Valley over its stance on AI regulation with big names like David Saxs and Reed Hoffman clashing over the issue. McKenzie Sagalos is back with the story in today's tech check.>> So John, this debate around AI safety is fracturing Silicon Valley with anthropic at the center of the divide. One investor in the company told me that Anthropic stance on responsible R&D is valid but easily interpreted as a regulatory capture. The company has hired senior Bid ...

Antropic now at the center of a battle over AI regulation and safety with public clashes on X between tech titans like David Saxs, Reed Hoffman, Mark Andre. Our Mackenzie Sagal is following that story for today's tech check. Hi again Mac.>> Hey Carl. So Silicon Valley is splitting into two distinct camps. Those pushing for guard rails on AI and then those warning that regulation could kill America's edge.Now, on one side, Trump's AIS are David Saxs, Mark Andre, Elon Musk, and other high-profile Republican a ...