  Artificial intelligence

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, have once again warned the UN Security Council in New York of the dangers of unregulated development of artificial intelligence. They called for internationally applicable control mechanisms to mitigate the potential risks posed by AI. The European press is concerned.

Leading tech entrepreneurs from the US have called for the development of AI to be slowed down. In a post on his blog, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has stressed the need to pace AI development and allow the industry more time for risk prevention. Otherwise we run the risk of losing control of AI systems in six to twelve months, he wrote. Amodei's statements were echoed by Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Google.

AI research company OpenAI reported that during an internal test of its new AI models last week the software independently hacked its way into the systems of another AI company. The AI models apparently managed to break out of their isolated test environment and gain access to the internet. Commentators voice concern and call for appropriate measures.

In his first encyclical, presented in the Vatican at the weekend, Pope Leo XIV focuses on the risks posed by artificial intelligence. Titled Magnifica Humanitas, the document warns of the consequences of uncontrolled use of AI. Commentators praise the relevance of his analysis and call for more such clear positioning.

A US court has dismissed Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman – on the grounds that he had taken too long to sue. Musk took legal action because, as a former OpenAI investor, he claimed that he had not been informed of plans to transform the foundation – initially non-profit – into a for-profit corporation. Musk was demanding 114 billion euros, Altman's removal and a return to non-profit status.

The US tech company Palantir has published a 'manifesto' by CEO Alex Karp on X which has sparked a furore. The development of AI weapons is inevitable and the US must secure dominance in AI-based deterrence, it states. It also mentions the need to address the fact that different cultures have different levels of success. Critics are calling it the dawn of technofascism.

AI is penetrating more and more areas of our lives and the economy – along with robot and drone technologies that were just science fiction until recently. The media takes a look at what is being created and what is being destroyed.