Larry Ellison nixes plan to offload up to $7.5 billion worth of Oracle stock
Tech Oracle Corp Chief Executive Larry Ellison during a launch event at the company’s headquarters in Redwood Shores, California June 10, 2014. Noah Berger | Reuters Larry Ellison has canceled his plan to sell up to 50 million of his shares in Oracle, or $7.5 billion worth of stock at the current price. The reversal […]
Oscar-winning film producer Jeremy Thomas dies aged 77
BBC News Oscar-winning producer Jeremy Thomas, whose films included The Last Emperor and Sexy Beast, has died aged 77. The British filmmaker “passed away peacefully” surrounded by family and loved ones at his home in Oxfordshire on Friday, his publicist said in a statement. Thomas built an international reputation over a career spanning five decades, […]
Anthropic’s Amodei proposes plan to ‘slow the pace’ of advancing AI capabilities
Tech Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay on Saturday urging artificial intelligence companies to pace how quickly they improve model capabilities, a move that comes as a growing chorus of researchers have called for a coordinated slowdown. Amodei proposed a three-step plan that he said will help temper the pace of development without “sacrificing […]
Anthropic boss Dario Amodei calls for AI development to slow down
BBC News The head of leading AI company Anthropic has called for the pace of development of artificial intelligence models to slow down and to be closely monitored. In a long essay called We Must Pace the Frontier, Dario Amodei said developing AI was not in question, but the risks associated with it were “serious” […]