Over 150 Mathematicians Warn Governments Not to “Believe the Hype” About AI

Jun 08, 2026 Last reply: 2 months ago 0 Replies

"There is currently a strong commercial incentive on the part of the technology industry to overstate the capabilities of their products," the declaration reads, advising policymakers to "consult with experts, including mathematicians, in forming policy decisions rather than relying on press releases or popular reporting of mathematical results."


-no kidding



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On the flip side, there's this impending doom:



Too dangerous to release: is Mythos the start of the restricted-AI era?



"In April, the artificial-intelligence firm Anthropic announced it had made an AI model too dangerous to be released to the public. The company, based in San Francisco, California, said its Claude Mythos model was so powerful that it had found vulnerabilities in every major operating system and web browser currently in use. “The fallout — for economies, public safety, and national security — could be severe,” the company stated in a blogpost about Project Glasswing, its name for the limited release of the model to a group of 50 or so trusted organizations."


Isn't that just great...like the really dangerous malefactors are going to care about their restrictions.



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