A CNN report described how the US military nearly intercepted a Chinese vessel after a chatbot-generated intelligence report erroneously claimed it carried nuclear weapon components. The authors, Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender, argue attention focused instead on speculative superintelligence risks, citing Jacob Coxon's resignation from Anthropic and responses from Gavin Newsom, Kathy Hochul, Bernie Sanders, and Greg Casar. They contend OpenAI and Anthropic's superintelligence warnings divert attention from documented harms of error-prone products.
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