Article 6EYDS AI-focused tech firms locked in ‘race to the bottom’, warns MIT professor

AI-focused tech firms locked in ‘race to the bottom’, warns MIT professor

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Dan Milmo Global technology editor
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Physicist Max Tegmark says competition too intense for tech executives to pause development to consider AI risks

The scientist behind a landmark letter calling for a pause in developing powerful artificial intelligence systems has said tech executives did not halt their work because they are locked in a race to the bottom".

Max Tegmark, a co-founder of the Future of Life Institute, organised an open letter in March calling for a six-month pause in developing giant AI systems.

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