The AI Giants’ Doomsaying Is Also a Sales Pitch (opens in new tab)

Axios, whose reporting is increasingly defined by minuscule “scoops” about the artificial intelligence industry, reported last week on the latest red alert from Anthropic about an impending “intelligence explosion.” The AI lab’s research arm released an agenda for tackling the myriad risks and threats of this fearsome technology, including the likelihood that AI will effectively procreate—that is, build new models without any human involvement. “My prediction is by the end of 2028, it’s more ...