AI Minister Says Solutions Exist After Anthropic Researcher Quits Over Safety Fears

The federal artificial intelligence minister said the government is closely following the situation at Anthropic after a researcher who resigned from the company Tuesday said people in the industry fear AI could “kill us all.” Evan Solomon also told reporters Wednesday such warnings aren’t new and that there are both regulatory and technical solutions to the dangers posed by AI. He pointed to the Liberal government’s efforts to introduce privacy legislation, saying “we’re establishing a new regulator that will have the power to hold these big companies to account.” Solomon also said the government is investing in AI safety and noted ongoing work by Canadian AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio on safe AI. Solomon added the government is also working with other countries on ways to protect citizens....