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‘Godfather of AI' warns Congress has ‘maybe a year' left to regulate AI

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An emeritus professor dubbed the “godfather of AI,” Geoffrey Hinton, at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

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  1. NBC 6 South Florida

    ‘Godfather of AI' warns Congress has ‘maybe a year' left to regulate AI (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    An emeritus professor dubbed the “godfather of AI,” Geoffrey Hinton, at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

  2. NOTUS

    Congress Hears an Apocalyptic Prediction From the ‘Godfather of AI’ (opens NOTUS)

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    Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton told lawmakers they have “maybe a year” left to regulate AI before its development spirals out of control.

  3. Insider

    The 'Godfather of AI' says the US government has one year to try to regulate AI before it gets 'out of control' (opens Insider)

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    Geoffrey Hinton's warning came days after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay urging the AI industry to "pace the frontier."

  4. Quartz

    The 'Godfather of AI' warned Congress it has about a year left to regulate AI (opens Quartz)

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    Hinton told lawmakers that predictions for when superintelligence will arrive have collapsed from decades to just a few years

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