AI needs a ‘brake pedal’ as we near point of no return, says top tech boss

Anthropic is behind Claude, a popular AI chatbot (Picture: Getty Images)

The co-founder of one of the biggest players in AI has said the once novel technology needs to be slowed down.

Jack Clark of Anthropic, which fought the Pentagon over the use of its technology, said AI may reach a point where it no longer needs humans.

Clark told BBC Newsnight yesterday: ‘You want the option to be able to take your foot off the gas and put your foot on the brake.

‘Right now, it’s like the AI industry has a gas pedal, but it doesn’t have a brake pedal.’

He didn’t elabor...