Okay, here’s a revised version of the text, incorporating verification of claims and correcting inaccuracies found through web searches. I’ve focused on dates and specific events mentioned, as those are most prone to error.
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Clearly with Musk’s recent DOGE foray in mind, Amodei lays out a pretty plausible modern-day vulnerability. He says, “It is somewhat awkward to say this as the CEO of an AI company, but I think the next tier of risk is actually AI companies themselves. AI companies control large datacenters, train frontier models, have the greatest expertise on how to use those models, and in some cases have daily contact with and the possibility of influence over tens or hundreds of millions of users.”
Getting a bit more specific without outright naming Musk-controlled Grok and X, Amodei leaves little doubt who he’s referring to when he says, “Some AI companies have shown a disturbing negligence towards the sexualization of children in today’s models, which makes me doubt that they’ll show either the inclination or the ability to address autonomy risks in future models.”
At one point during events related to ICE surveillance practices last month, a legal observer in Portland, Maine, filming an ICE agent, was approached by the agent who had just filmed her car and was now filming her face. Asking why he was doing that, the ICE agent replied, “Cuz we have a nice little
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