It's A Doozy
Summary
Anthropic released a threat intelligence report detailing massive AI distillation attacks by Chinese labs, including Alibaba and Moonshot AI, as well as misuse for biological weapons research and conventional weapons design. The episode also covers Sam Altman's conditional support for pausing AI development, highlighting OpenAI's concerns about antitrust laws preventing industry-wide safety coordination. Additionally, it reports that AI assistant startup Instinct is seeking $1 billion in new funding at a $10 billion valuation to address capacity constraints, while ID Scan confirmed a breach…
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Anthropic report on Chinese AI distillation attacks
AI misuse for biological weapons research
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Sam Altman and legal hurdles for AI pause
Instinct AI seeks $1B funding round
ID Scan confirms driver's license breach
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