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How AI safety took a backseat to military money

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This is Hayden Field, senior AI reporter at The Verge — and your Thursday episode guest host. I have another couple of shows for you while Nilay is out on parental leave, and we’re going to be spending more time diving into some of the unforeseen consequences of the generative AI boom.

Today, I’m talking with Heidy Khlaaf, who is chief AI scientist at the AI Now Institute, about the tech industry’s shift toward AI military applications. I wanted to know what’s motivated this shift, and why Heidy thinks leading AI firms are being far too cavalier about deploying generative AI in high-risk scenarios.

Links:

  • OpenAI is softening its stance on military use | The Verge
  • OpenAI awarded $200 million US defense contract | The Verge
  • OpenAI is partnering with defense tech company Anduril | The Verge
  • Anthropic launches new Claude service for military and intelligence use | The Verge
  • Anthropic, Palantir, Amazon team up on defense AI | Axios
  • Google scraps promise not to develop AI weapons | The Verge
  • Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts | The Verge
  • Microsoft’s employee protests have reached a boiling point | The Verge

Credits:

Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. Our editor is Ursa Wright.

The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

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This is Hayden Field, senior AI reporter at The Verge — and your Thursday episode guest host. I have another couple of shows for you while Nilay is out on parental leave, and we’re going to be spending more time diving into some of the unforeseen consequences of the generative AI boom.

Today, I’m talking with Heidy Khlaaf, who is chief AI scientist at the AI Now Institute, about the tech industry’s shift toward AI military applications. I wanted to know what’s motivated this shift, and why Heidy thinks leading AI firms are being far too cavalier about deploying generative AI in high-risk scenarios.

Links:

  • OpenAI is softening its stance on military use | The Verge
  • OpenAI awarded $200 million US defense contract | The Verge
  • OpenAI is partnering with defense tech company Anduril | The Verge
  • Anthropic launches new Claude service for military and intelligence use | The Verge
  • Anthropic, Palantir, Amazon team up on defense AI | Axios
  • Google scraps promise not to develop AI weapons | The Verge
  • Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts | The Verge
  • Microsoft’s employee protests have reached a boiling point | The Verge

Credits:

Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. Our editor is Ursa Wright.

The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  continue reading

881 episodes

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