Human rights activists sue AI developers over threats to humanity

A coalition of organizations that deals with Internet security and consumer protection has filed a lawsuit against 5 major developers of artificial intelligence.

The plaintiffs insist on a pause in further work on their technology. They fear that AI can cause harm to humanity, which the applicants themselves call catastrophic. The Associated Press reports. The defendants were Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI and xAI.

Companies are required not only to stop development, but also to abandon the introduction of new AI models. The text of the lawsuit cites cases when artificial intelligence was used for cyber attacks and other dangerous actions.

The plaintiffs also cited warnings from tech executives. In their opinion, the further development of AI in the future may call into question the existence of humanity.

In August, Israeli historian and writer Yuval Noah Harari saw a contradiction in Musk’s words about the future of AI. According to Harari, the entrepreneur simultaneously says that in about 10 years AI may gain power over the world, and discusses problems that, according to his prediction, will make itself felt in a few decades.

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