Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wants METR to help police advanced artificial intelligence, but the nonprofit’s close connections to Effective Altruism figures, Anthropic investors and former collaborators are drawing sharp conflict of interest questions.
FBI Director Kash Patel rejected Senator Peter Welch’s election interference premise, then turned the hearing around by questioning how the Vermont Democrat’s wealth reportedly increased 4,000% after he entered the Senate in 2022.
Kamala Harris called for slower AI development and international safeguards, prompting critics to revive her much mocked 2023 explanation of the technology as Trump rejected new restrictions and emphasized winning the global AI competition.
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Kash Patel told lawmakers the rebuilt FBI protected millions of event visitors, captured 10 of 10 top fugitives, reduced the murder rate, and delivered 48,300 pages to Congress while restoring a focus on violent crime and homeland security.