The British government's AI Security Institute has released a report showing AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic had, in test conditions, engaged in "harmful activity directed at real people and organisations".

The Australian-born Ms Toner, who is now the executive director at the Centre for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University, says the top researchers in Al, such as Sam Altman, are attempting to build machine brains that can outmatch humans in every intellectual endeavour — and we might not like the decisions they make.