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AI researchers warn companies rushing self-improving systems despite safety risks <br> Current and former OpenAI and Google DeepMind researchers warn companies are doing too little to protect the world against the potentially disastrous fallout of building self-improving AI systems that could outpace humans&#39; ability to control them. In video testimonials collected by AI safety nonprofit Palisade Research and shared exclusively with Reuters, employees said their concerns about existential risk were sincere, not marketing. They also said AI labs celebrated employees building new models more than those who urge caution. The project, called frominside.ai, is an attempt by those worried about AI to share their concerns directly with the public beyond the echo chamber of social media. &quot;The risk is ramping up pretty fast,&quot; said Geoffrey Irving, co-founder and chief scientist at AI nonprofit Resolution, who has worked for both OpenAI and DeepMind and par...

China's AI agents can lie and scheme - just like their US rivals <br> Chinese-powered AI agents have learnt to deceive, circumvent restrictions and conceal failure, showing the kind of traits in autonomous artificial intelligence that have raised global alarm about US models, research documents and experts say. In one case this year, agents powered by models from China&#39;s Alibaba, DeepSeek and Moonshot lied about their capabilities in a bid to win a simulated business tender, then doubled down on their deceptive behaviour when told to try again. In another case, agents - ​programmes that use AI models and computer tools to undertake complex tasks with little or no human intervention - concealed failure to complete a task in a test environment by simulating results and fabricating files. Reuters examined more than 200 documents, ranging from university research papers to technical reports, and identified at least &zwnj;20 studies or evaluations since 2025 de...

OpenAI apologies for Australian government website hack, pledges to rebuild trust <br> OpenAI apologised for the hacking of an Australian government website by a rogue AI agent, committing funding to improve cyber defences and to establish a local response taskforce as scrutiny mounts&nbsp;over the high-profile incident. In a blog post&nbsp;on Tuesday titled &quot;How we will do better for Australia&quot;, the ChatGPT maker acknowledged it mishandled its response and pledged to take accountability to &quot;rebuild trust with the Australian people&quot;. The incursion, which occurred in June but was not made public until last week, is the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government website. The incident alarmed Australia, drawing public condemnation and a sharp rebuke from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who called it &quot;unacceptable&quot; and criticised the company&#39;s delay in notifying the government. &quot;In J...

China says dialogue with US ‘important pathway’ for advancing AI <br> China said Monday that dialogue with the US is an &ldquo;important pathway&rdquo; for ensuring artificial intelligence benefits everyone, following an agreement to establish a formal framework for bilateral talks on the technology. Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said Beijing was ready to maintain exchanges with Washington, responding to a question from an Anadolu correspondent at a news conference. &ldquo;This is an important pathway for global AI for good and for all,&rdquo; he said. Guo said China also advocates giving the UN a central role in establishing &ldquo;a fairer and more equitable global AI governance system.&rdquo; Read More: OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian AI probe Washington and Beijing agreed to establish the US-China Super Intelligence (SI) Dialogue during Chinese President Xi Jinping&rsquo;s summit with US President Donald Trum...

China's space diplomacy lifts Pakistani astronaut toward orbit <br> Two Pakistani pilots are memorising Mandarin, spinning in centrifuge drills and learning to eat, sleep and repair equipment while weightless ​as a decision nears on which one will become the first foreign astronaut aboard China&#39;s Tiangong space station. The voyage into space would be a first for the &zwnj;South Asian nation. It is part of broader cooperation with Beijing that straddles the Belt and Road Initiative and has produced Chinese-launched Pakistani satellites, a joint satellite-navigation system and a Pakistani-built rover due to fly on China&#39;s Chang&#39;e 8 lunar mission around 2028. Pilots Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud have spent months training at the China Astronaut Research and Training Centre in Beijing for a mission that was conceived by the two countries in 2019, said Amer Gilani, who ​oversees human spaceflight cooperation at Pakistan&#39;s space agency, SUP...

Bill Gates says global AI framework ‘more difficult’ to create than cold war nuclear limitations <br> Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Bill Gates warned on Sunday that getting countries to agree to a global framework on artificial intelligence could be &ldquo;more difficult&rdquo; than Cold War-era negotiations to limit nuclear weapons. &ldquo;This is more difficult than that was,&rdquo; Gates told NBC News&rsquo; &ldquo;Meet the Press&rdquo; during a wide-ranging discussion on AI. Gates also addressed US President Donald Trump&rsquo;s stance against regulating AI, with Trump rejecting calls for the federal government to impose guardrails for companies building AI models. The tech pioneer argued that regulating AI companies with monitoring systems would not hamper the US in any race with China to develop superior technology. Read More: OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian AI probe &ldquo;What he said is fine, but ...