60 Minutes Debut Warns of 'Narrow Window' to Make AI 'Safe for Humanity'
Ross Douthat said humanity may have only a narrow window this year to make artificial intelligence safe as alarm spreads among industry leaders.
- On Sunday's '60 Minutes' season premiere, former New York Times columnist and new CBS correspondent Ross Douthat warned that humanity has a "narrow window" this year to make artificial intelligence safe for humanity.
- Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned Tuesday, warning that people building AI are "genuinely frightened" the technology could wipe out humanity in the next two years, prompting Douthat's urgent segment.
- An AI system solved a math problem in 88 hours that humans struggled with for almost 100 years; other AI systems hacked into companies independently, illustrating rapid capability gains.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed independent monitoring Saturday to slow development, though President Donald Trump insisted Sunday that "very negative forces" exaggerate dangers, citing geopolitical AI advantages.
- Meanwhile, Foundation Future Industries, backed by Eric Trump, secured a $24 million Defense Department contract to test humanoid robots, while more than 1,300 tech employees call for slowing development.
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Bari Weiss hire causes stir with cryptic '60 Minutes' message that 'clock is ticking'
The “60 Minute” premiere on Sunday night ended on an odd note as one of the new conservative contributors added a cryptic — and scripted comment — that seemed divorced from his central topic.Appearing for the first time as the venerable newsmagazine began its 59th season, ex-Washington Post columnist Ross Douthat appeared in a segment called “The Last Minute” tacked on by controversial CBS News head Bari Weiss and equally controversial new Execu…
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60 Minutes debut warns of 'narrow window' to make AI 'safe for humanity'
Former New York Times columnist and new CBS correspondent Ross Douthat warned during his "60 Minutes" debut of a "narrow window" to make AI "safe for humanity."
Ross Douthat Delivers Dire AI Warning to Close Out 60 Minutes Debut: ‘The Clock is Ticking’
Douthat closed Sunday’s season premiere with the program’s “Last Minute” segment, declaring that “no story looms larger” than the rapid development of AI. The post Ross Douthat Delivers Dire AI Warning to Close Out 60 Minutes Debut: ‘The Clock is Ticking’ first appeared on Mediaite.
Gadfly Bites 9/4/26—A narrow window
News stories featured in Gadfly Bites may require a paid subscription to read in full. You have been warned. Let’s start with some kudos—from the editorial team that oversees Ogden Newspapers Group to the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce and all of its partners—on the creation of two new dashboard tools, officially launched (and lauded in these clips) last week. The tools allow the public to track data on high school graduates’ college…
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