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SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Has Rare Cautionary Note on AI Safety
Son said AI capabilities will keep growing exponentially and urged countries to build trust as a US-led 17-country research push was announced.
- On Sunday, October 4, SoftBank Group Corp chief Masayoshi Son urged global cooperation to manage AI's exponential growth, warning in Kyoto that "superintelligence" in the wrong hands could become "super dangerous."
- Following recent security breaches by AI models, Son expressed uncharacteristic caution regarding safety risks as machines rapidly gain new capabilities.
- Son has directed nearly US$65 billion into OpenAI, projecting that AI could account for at least 20 per cent of global gross domestic product by 2040, or US$46 trillion.
- White House science and tech policy adviser Michael Kratsios announced a US-led 17-country initiative to accelerate scientific research using AI, with participation from Japan, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates, though China was excluded.
- Capabilities will continue growing exponentially, and programs will enter a third phase next year to help machines interact with the physical world, compressing research into "tens of hours of work.
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Even AI optimist Masayoshi Son, CEO of giant conglomerate Softbank, is now raising a warning finger about the risks of the technology's rapid development, reports the Bloomberg news agency.
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