CNN contributor. Investigative journalist covering AI, surveillance & power. Author of The Loop. Founder of The Rip Current. Subscribe now!
Oakland, CA
Joined July 2008
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I'm launching a tech-literate, historically informed, fuck-it-let's-go Substack today, and I'm calling it The Rip Current. Here's the first post! Please subscribe, and check out theripcurrent.com to see the ethical standards I'll be observing in this new phase of life.
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I’m real and these are my real beliefs. You could ask your xAI researchers about me if you hadn’t fired them.
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Jacob was a senior researcher who joined Anthropic in May. My Anthropic colleagues and I had been trying to recruit him for ~2 years, because we knew he was a strong researcher at OpenAI. Before he left, I pitched him to stay and join my team, and I was sad he decided to leave, as are many of my colleagues. 100% agree with him that AI poses serious risks to society, and I'm glad he's speaking out!
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Former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon says the AI industry is "gambling with our lives." He tells Anderson what he finds "most scary is if AI is used to make itself more intelligent" and warns these companies are "compelled to race toward building a deadly technology."
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Coming up on @CNNTheStoryIs LIVE from 12A-2A ET/ 9P-11P PT:
Dallas GOP Convention: @alaynatreene @TheThomasGuide @RepKamlagerDove
Politics: @GloriaAllred @JohnKobyltRadio
AI Danger: @byjacobward
Ultraprocessed Foods: @JesseGabrielCA
LSU vs SEC: @finebaum
NFL Debut: @CoyWire
Meta's opening statement is underway in Oakland — attorney Paul Schmidt is presenting the company's defense to the same jury that heard the state's case this morning. This thread covers only his argument (and I missed chunks of it for a CNN TV hit). Here's what he told them: 🧵
Whatever the jury thinks about who these platforms are "intended" for, he says the evidence will show the majority of users on both platforms are adults.