AI researchers from Google DeepMind and OpenAI gathered in Edmonton to attend disarmament talks.
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Updated Jul 27
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What happened
AI researchers from Google DeepMind and OpenAI gathered in Edmonton to attend disarmament talks.
Who's involved
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Part of
Hyperscale AI companies, including Alphabet, Amazon, and Google DeepMind, are facing intense competitive pressure, talent drain, and geopolitical risks while capex exceeds $452 billion combined.Also in this story
- Hyperscale AI companies, including Alphabet, Amazon, and Google DeepMind, are facing intense competitive pressure, talent drain, and geopolitical risks while capex exceeds $452 billion combined.
- Senior research scientist and a vice president defected from Google/DeepMind to rival AI companies, Anthropic and OpenAI.
The entities involved
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Google DeepMind
artificial intelligence company owned by Google
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OpenAI
American artificial intelligence research organization
Related events
- The competitive landscape of advanced AI is highlighted by the race among major labs (OpenAI, Google, Anthropic) to build powerful models and the movement of key researchers.
- At the G7 Summit in the French Alps, the future of AI was discussed, involving leading tech companies and their CEOs like Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind.
- Google DeepMind secured a military AI contract with the Pentagon, coinciding with a researcher's protest resignation.
- OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic are key frontier AI developers amid global access restrictions.
- Google and DeepMind face accusations of complicity in the Gaza genocide, leading to tech worker resignations.
Coverage
Newest first; wire copies grouped- hilltimes.comCarney can't avert his eyes from new and expert demands for nuclear disarmament - The Hill Times