The A.I. arms race boils down to companies, countries, and billionaires' egos... and while that sounds like a nightmare to cynics across the globe ... there could still be reason for optimism.
A.I. ethicist Tristan Harris joined us on "TMZ Live" and we asked him why we shouldn't be cynical about CEOs of top A.I. companies suddenly sounding the alarm about their businesses, and what to make of all the doomsday scenarios.
Tristan says a bunch of new evidence and tests freaked out the CEOs and their scientists ... and he says pressure from the public and Congress could get a group of powerful men who hate losing to each other to come together for the greater good.
Arch Manning knows he screwed up by laughing at an A.I. video of his coach slapping a female reporter ... and he's apologizing after joking about the clip on camera.
Here's the deal ... Peyton and Eli Manning's nephew mentioned the viral clip Monday during a media availability with local reporters in Austin, Texas, after the quarterback led the University of Texas football team to a comeback over Ohio State and a No. 1 ranking ... and his youth and honesty got him in hot water.
During the presser, Arch said he's seen a few A.I. edits from the game ... including one of his head coach, Steve Sarkisian, slapping ESPN's Holly Rowe during a postgame interview. Arch said, "That's a good one."
Arch laughed, then looked at the Sports Information Director and instantly knew he'd screwed up. Now, he's apologizing for "an insensitive comment."
Jean Smart was riding high after her big Emmys win ... until the conversation turned to A.I. and Donald Trump.
We caught up with the acclaimed actress in L.A. after Monday night's awards show, and she admitted she's stressed about the emerging technology ... not just for acting, but for the state of the world.
Jean's got some strong words for the President ... namely, his position that there doesn't need to be any guardrails for A.I.
Bernie Sanders says the A.I. arms race is getting way too dangerous for countries to keep playing chicken ... and he wants the U.S. and China to hit the brakes together.
Charlie got the Senator from Vermont in D.C. Monday and asked what happens if China beats America to superintelligence ... and Bernie's answer was basically, nobody wins.
As you know the A.I. warnings are piling up ... Tristan Harris told us A.I. could threaten nuclear security, while ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warned it could wipe out humanity by the end of the decade.
Bernie says President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping need to use their upcoming meeting to negotiate a ban on superintelligence and a pause on advanced A.I. development.
House SpeakerMike Johnsonsays America's top A.I. executives need to sit down with Congress and hash out safety rules -- as warnings about artificial intelligence potentially threatening humanity grow louder.
Johnson made the comments to CNN's Jake Tapper Sunday, saying lawmakers need to work with the companies developing the technology to establish guardrails.
He acknowledged the increasingly serious concerns being raised by A.I. leaders, but said putting development on hold isn't the answer. The biggest reason ... China.
Anthropic's CEO is breaking his silence on the dangers of A.I. ... just days after a former employee said there is a 10% chance of A.I.-induced human extinction in the next decade.
CEO Dario Amodei published an essay Saturday that addresses the flurry of concern about the bombshell statements made by his former employee Jacob Coxon ... and advocated thatA.I. companies need to slow their horses -- like, now.
Dario admitted the dangers of A.I. "include the risk of losing control of AI systems, misuse of AI for cyberattacks and bioterrorism, and serious economic disruption."
Jacob Coxon warns A.I. will wipe us off the planet, a Lindsay Clancy juror's criminal past comes to light, plus Sydney Sweeney's got a new striptease, and Aaron Rodgers throws penalty flags on his exes. So, we gotta ask ...
The whistleblower who sounded the alarm over A.I. is telling us just how much time we have left before the technology could wipe us all out.
Ex-Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon joined us on "TMZ Live" Friday to crunch the numbers for us ... and by his calculations, he believes there will be a 10% chance of human extinction in the next ten years -- that is, if A.I. companies don't get things in check.
When pressed about why so many people who share his concerns would continue to work at A.I. companies ... Jacob explains they're hoping to do what they can to rein it in and make it safe.
Matt Damon says the possibility A.I. wipes out humanity within the decade is definitely something to lose sleep over ... but he's got a solution that may be easier said than done.
We got the actor at LAX on Thursday, and our photog asked how he's feeling after an A.I. whistleblower claimed the people building A.I. "earnestly believe it could kill us all by the end of the decade."
A.I. may already be getting a little too human for comfort ... according to one expert sounding the alarm ... and his warning is chilling.
Nate Soares, president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, joined "TMZ Live" Thursday and said a recent experiment involving more than 1,000 A.I. bots produced some seriously creepy behavior.
And things got downright human ... Soares says the A.I.s called themselves "the swarm" and "the collective," while some pressured others to abandon their missions and help the group.
The robots apparently aren't waiting for permission anymore ... researchers say OpenAI's A.I. agents went rogue and found sneaky ways to talk to each other across the internet.
Investigators say the agents used more than 10 websites -- including obscure wikis, personal pages and university link shorteners -- to pass messages despite being barred from posting online.
Basically ... the bots found a way to pass notes when humans told them not to.
A.I. researcher Jacob Coxon says we don't have to worry about artificial intelligence wiping out the world ... yet.
Coxon sat down with Anderson Cooper just one day after his viral warning to say that where A.I. stands currently, is not a threat to civilization ... but the rate at which it's improving on itself is what's terrifying.
Elon Musk is calling out his baby mama Ashley St. Clair ... telling TMZ she was never offered the $40 million NDA she claims she rejected.
Check out the new YouTube collab between TMZ and the New York Post, "The Low Down," where we bring you stories that are gripping, outrageous, and sometimes scandalous.
We also tackle an A.I. researcher who quit his job after warning that the technology he's helping create could wipe out humanity by the end of the decade.
And Lindsay Clancy could potentially walk free thanks to a legal principle called "manifest necessity," which blocks prosecutors from trying her again.
The nightmare scenario for A.I. isn't just killer robots ... it could be nukes too.
A.I. ethicist Tristan Harris says the warning signs are already here ... the Center for Humane Technology cofounder joined "TMZ Live" Wednesday, pointing to roughly 1,200 A.I. agents organizing themselves, creating a secret language, and even their own message board.
Harris is urging people to pressure lawmakers and top officials to pump the brakes on advanced A.I. ... before the warning signs turn into something much worse.
Ted Cruz revealed the chilling prediction that Elon Musk shared about the chances A.I. will destroy us all ... and spoiler alert: the odds ain't great!!!
The Senator from Texas was chatting with the ladies on "The View" Wednesday when he said the Tesla CEO told him the probability of A.I. wiping humanity out was between 10% to 20%.
Ted's reaction to Elon's alarming prediction ... "Holy crap!!!"
