Automattic’s 33-Hour Coup, and can AI labs police themselves?
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This TechCrunch Equity episode examines whether AI companies can regulate themselves after an Anthropic researcher issued a warning about potential catastrophe. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has proposed slowing frontier AI development through independent safety evaluators and coordination among AI labs in democratic countries. The proposal has received some industry support but also criticism from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. The hosts also discuss the 33-hour boardroom coup at WordPress parent Automattic, including golden parachute deals and how the episode may leave Matt Mullenweg with even more control over technology used across the web. Other topics include May Mobility’s SPAC and its potential to raise more than $300 million, as well as DoorDash’s $425 million investment in Wonder and efforts to automate food delivery.
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