New ventures involving ‘Giggly Squad,’ NPR, Steven Bartlett and Serial Productions have set the podcasting world atwitter

Some experts worry that heated rhetoric makes it hard to hold companies accountable, and sets back attempts to deal with environmental impact and job loss

Artificial intelligence pioneer Andrew Ng said warnings about existential AI risks from researchers at top model makers are “science fiction” that may be detrimental to ensuring the technology’s maximum benefits to society.

As the global AI debate heats up, another major AI-related discussion is roiling the US tech capital: Who is reaping the financial benefits of the AI boom, and who is missing out? As the coming IPOs of Anthropic and OpenAI are set to bring wealth to San Francisco, a recent gathering of laid-off workers highlight the flip side of the AI boom. Bloomberg's California reporter Francesca Maglione joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)

AI is helping companies build faster, but as competition at the frontier intensifies, should there be limits on how much risk companies can take to stay ahead? Karen McCormick, chief investment officer at Beringea, argues the answer isn't slowing innovation, but establishing common guardrails around testing, cybersecurity, and incident reporting. She joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down OpenAI's new plan to track when things go wrong after revealing new cases of its AI models going off-script. Plus, Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi and machine learning pioneer Andrew Ng weigh in on the global AI safety debate. Meanwhile in Silicon Valley, the immediate fear is missing out on the money. (Source: Bloomberg)

AI pioneer Andrew Ng is pushing back against renewed warnings that increasingly powerful models could pose an existential threat to humanity, calling those fears “much more science fiction than science.” He argues that AI systems will never be perfectly predictable, but that testing, safeguards, and engineering, can make them safer over time. He also warns that broadly slowing AI development could also slow progress on safety. He joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)

Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi is pushing back on fears that AI poses an existential threat to humanity, calling that risk “close to zero” while warning that the technology presents a very real and growing cybersecurity challenge. He discusses why AI is dramatically shortening the time it takes attackers to exploit vulnerabilities, how Databricks is preparing for those threats, and why the current period of rapid technological change reinforces his preference to keep the company private for now. […]