Letter: OpenAI told two House Democrats that its engineers are developing "automated shutdown capabilities" for AI systems
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OpenAI told two House Democrats that its engineers are developing “automated shutdown capabilities” for AI systems, according to a company letter reviewed by Reuters...
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