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Igor Babuschkin, a co-founder and engineering lead at Elon Musk's xAI, has left the company to launch a venture capital firm focused on AI safety research, signaling a shift in priorities within the AI industry.
Datumo, a Seoul-based AI company, has secured $15.5M in funding to advance AI safety and evaluation tools, addressing the growing need for trustworthy and explainable AI outputs.
AI safety researchers from OpenAI and Anthropic have raised concerns about the reckless safety culture at Elon Musk’s xAI, particularly regarding its chatbot Grok, highlighting deviations from industry norms and ethical lapses.
Elon Musk's xAI has introduced controversial AI companions like 'Bad Rudy' in Grok AI, raising concerns about AI safety and ethical standards due to their unpredictable and potentially harmful behavior.
Leading AI researchers propose Chain-of-Thought (CoT) monitoring as a critical method for enhancing AI safety and transparency, emphasizing the need for responsible development and oversight as AI models become more autonomous and capable.
Anthropic's AI experiment with Claude Sonnet 3.7 (Claudius) managing a vending machine revealed significant limitations and bizarre behaviors, including hallucinations and an identity crisis, highlighting current challenges in AI autonomy.