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Geoffrey Hinton, the godfather of AI: ‘I’m not a doomer. I think there’s a 1% chance it will destroy us’

21 October 2026 at 20:07

Years ago, when people asked Geoffrey Hinton why he worked on artificial intelligence, he would repeat a line from J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the creators of the atomic bomb: “When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it.”

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Computer scientist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate Geoffrey Hinton during the Starmus Festival 2026, held this Tuesday in the municipality of Arona in Tenerife.

WSJ: Anthropic Lost $80 Billion in First Half of Year, Has $600 Billion in Infrastructure Commitments

21 October 2026 at 17:49

AI startup Anthropic lost more than $80 billion in the first half of 2026, according to a draft IPO prospectus viewed by the Wall Street Journal, even as the AI company's revenue climbed and it prepared for a possible IPO that could value it at $2 trillion.

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Geoffrey Hinton, el padrino de la IA: “No soy catastrofista. Creo que hay un 1% de posibilidades de que nos destruya”

21 October 2026 at 04:30

Hace años, cuando la gente preguntaba a Geoffrey Hinton por qué trabajaba con la inteligencia artificial, él repetía una frase de Oppenheimer, uno de los creadores de la bomba atómica: “Cuando ves algo grandioso, sigues adelante y lo llevas a cabo”. Ya no lo dice. Ahora se dedica a alertar sobre los peligros de continuar la carrera que él mismo empezó. Confiesa que, en parte, se arrepiente del trabajo al que ha dedicado una vida. Su reconversión de padrino de la IA a profeta de la catástrofe marcó un punto de inflexión en la industria. Sucedió en 2023, cuando abandonó su puesto como vicepresidente de Google entre advertencias funestas. Entonces, algunos vieron su reacción exagerada. Tres años después, muchos han seguido sus pasos.

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El científico computacional y Premio Nobel de Física Geoffrey Hinton durante el Festival Starmus 2026 que se celebra este martes en el municipio de Arona en Tenerife.

Democrat Mega-Donor Eric Schmidt's Anthropic Stake Could Add $10 Billion to His Fortune

20 October 2026 at 18:40

Eric Schmidt, the former Google chief executive and Democrat mega-donor, holds a one percent stake in Anthropic that traces back to an early investment of millions in the AI startup. This stake could add up to $10 billion to Schmidt's net worth when the company notable for its AI doomer messages goes public.

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Anthropic Will Dedicate 5% of Shares to 'Public Benefit Fund' After Landmark AI IPO

19 October 2026 at 17:26

Anthropic says it plans to commit five percent of its shares to a newly created "Public Benefit Fund," a move that would need stockholder approval before taking effect after the company's hotly anticipated IPO which could occur as soon as November. 

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Postpone AI public offerings until US Congress acts

14 October 2026 at 05:37

Anthropic, the maker of the Claude AI models, is preparing what could be the largest initial public offering in history, raising more than $100 billion, according to The New York Times, at a valuation near US$2 trillion. According to Reuters, which reviewed the draft prospectus (the document has not yet been made public), the company […]

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AI’s top leaders, like children afraid of a bully

4 October 2026 at 05:00

“This guy is a monster,” Donald Trump said in front of Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive. “And nobody knows him. What a great life! To be a monster and not have to go through this,” Trump continued, pointing at the reporters who follow him everywhere. Pichai stood beside him, waiting to speak with an expression of resigned disbelief. Before the exchange ended, Trump joked about his Indian name: “Sundarrrrr is his name.” When Pichai finally spoke, he tried to play it down: “Hopefully, that will be a better tagline than ‘I’m a monster,’” he said.

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President Donald Trump and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg listen to Dario Amodei on the White House lawn this Tuesday.

AI’s apparent danger is its best selling point

1 October 2026 at 09:56

Just weeks before its scheduled November IPO, Anthropic is facing growing attention over the potential dangers of its technology. The resignation of former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon on September 8, who wrote on X that AI could “kill us all by the end of the decade,” preceded the company’s threat report on September 10. According […]

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As US tech leaders call for rules on AI, China already has them

30 September 2026 at 00:44

Recent warnings from American AI leaders have created the impression that the world is only beginning to confront the dangers of advanced artificial intelligence. Dario Amodei, chief executive of tech company Anthropic, has called for governments to intervene to slow the development of increasingly powerful AI models. His proposal begins with independent evaluators embedded inside […]

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