Anthropic urges ‘temporary pause’ on AI development to discuss risks

Announcement that ‘policymakers’ need to be convened by US firm viewed as marketing ploy by some expertsAnthropic has floated the idea of a worldwide “temporary pause” on AI development – and said it was going to convene “policymakers” to discuss the dangers of advanced AI – in its latest release touting the capabilities of its products.In a long post on Thursday, Anthropic detailed the progress of its AI model, Claude, towards “recursive self improvement” – that is, being able to make better an...