Your AI apocalypse questions, answered

Last week, an Anthropic researcher resigned and posted on X, "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade." These warnings are nothing new, but this one managed to break into the mainstream. So, do the people making AI really think it could kill us all? How? And if it really could be as dangerous as they say, why would anyone continue to work on it? Senior AI reporter Hayden Field joined us to answer your questions about the AI freakout.

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• Meta is reportedly ready to launch less pervy smart glasses
• The Boox Palma 3 gets stylus support and a sleek redesign
• Worried Anthropic researchers warn that AI ‘could kill all humans’
• What execs and politicians are saying about slowing down AI development
• Is Big Tech’s AI slowdown a safety pact or a cartel?
• Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting

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