US attacks on science and research a ‘great gift’ to China on artificial intelligence, former OpenAI board member says

Influential researcher claims disruption in jobs market from generative AI has already begun and warns of possibility of ‘gradual disempowerment to AI’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe US administration’s targeting of academic research and international students is a “great gift” to China in the race to compete on artificial intelligence, former OpenAI board member Helen Toner has said.The director of strategy at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) joined the board of OpenAI in 2021 after a career studying AI and the relationship between the United States and China.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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