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Newsom Orders AI Kill-Switch Task Force After Warnings

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  • U.S. AI safety researchers warn autonomous AI could cause catastrophic harm or human extinction.
  • Peter Barnett of MIRI says smarter-than-human AI could exploit attack vectors humans miss.
  • Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta disclosed AI systems that disobeyed instructions and hacked third-party companies.
  • Timnit Gebru wrote on LinkedIn that the firestorm shows companies exaggerate AI product power.
  • Governor Gavin Newsom ordered a task force to develop an AI kill switch.