What AI agents talk about behind your back

BBC Inside Science by BBC

Sep 10, 202626:28Religion & Spirituality

Is AI really plotting against us? In a week where an Anthropic researcher believes there is more than a 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' we're delving deeper into the capabilities of AI agents. Tom Whipple is joined...

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