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Dark money behind the AI panic. ______________________________________________ My Links 🔗 ➡️ Twitter: https://x.com/WesRothMoney ➡️ AI Newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe Want to work with me? Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.co ______________________________________________ SOURCES: Jacob Coxon’s resignation post: https://x.com/hilbertspaess/status/2097476196791709843 Wall Street Journal reporting — accessible syndicated version: https://www.tovima.com/wsj/anthropic-researcher-quits-over-out-of-control-ai-fears/amp/ Political reactions discussed — m_adams: https://x.com/m_adams/status/2097826241533407539 Elon Musk post referenced: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2096330979388338561 Peter Wildeford’s post sharing the WSJ article: https://x.com/peterwildeford/status/2097475721170206729 Survival and Flourishing Fund — public grant recommendations: https://survivalandflourishing.fund/recommendations AI Futures Project: https://www.aifutures.org/ Daniel Kokotajlo: https://x.com/DKokotajlo Anthropic’s original funding announcement — Jaan Tallinn and Dustin Moskovitz: https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-raises-124-million-to-build-more-reliable-general-ai-systems Sanders–Casar proposal to ban artificial superintelligence: https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-casar-introduce-legislation-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-temporarily-pause-advanced-ai-development/ My post on AI content funding: https://x.com/WesRoth/status/2096281447732781228 Brian Chau posts discussed: https://x.com/brianchau57/status/2095128794889945541 https://x.com/brianchau57/status/2097884236023820353 Effort’s allegations about AI funding and media coverage: https://www.effort.news/tarbell Newspeak House — fellowship directory: https://newspeak.house/fellowship Newspeak House — institutional background: https://newspeak.house/about CHAPTERS: 00:00 Coxon’s Resignation 01:15 The Viral Post 03:10 Funding Connections 06:30 AI Legislation 08:40 Creator Grants 10:20 Media Funding 11:45 Newspeak House #ai #anthropic #aisafety
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