State Department-Commissioned Report Warns AI Could Be an 'Extinction-Level' Threat

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State Department-Commissioned Report Warns AI Could Be an 'Extinction-Level' Threat
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Thor Benson is a staff writer for Common Dreams.

A report released on Monday that was commissioned by the U.S. State Department warns that artificial intelligence could pose an 'extinction-level threat.''Given the growing risk to national security posed by rapidly expanding AI capabilities from weaponization and loss of control—and particularly, the fact that the ongoing proliferation of these capabilities serves to amplify both risks—there is a clear and urgent need for the U.S. government to intervene,' the report states.

com/SvLrdEzz9e— Future of Life Institute March 11, 2024 'The three authors of the report worked on it for more than a year, speaking with more than 200 government employees, experts, and workers at frontier AI companies—like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and Meta—as part of their research,' Time reports.

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