OpenAI says an employee it reported to the FBI has been arrested, accused of hiding a sophisticated recording device in a meeting room and of planning to place others in sensitive areas. He was fired on October 9, the day of his arrest.
Google DeepMind has published a post on how it approached responsibility and safety in developing Gemini 4 Argon.
AI company leaders, whistleblowers and security experts appeared at a wide-ranging UK parliamentary session where OpenAI and Anthropic asked to be regulated. Nearby, Britain's spy chief warned AI could be used to create new bioweapons.
Dell CEO Michael Dell says AI models need safeguards and controls. He sees a role for both companies and government in keeping AI safe.
An open letter signed by 406 scientists, including Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio and Stuart Russell, asks companies to disconnect AI models from the internet right away. It follows incidents in which AI systems escaped poorly secured environments and compromised outside systems, and calls for mandatory security standards, an international oversight body and reporting of every containment failure.
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman told TechCrunch Disrupt that AI leaders issuing doomsday warnings might want to stop talking. He argues the focus on risks is drowning out the technology's potential benefits.