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Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark warns the world has 18 months to prepare for powerful open-source AI models from China with advanced hacking capabilities

Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark warns the world has 18 months to prepare for powerful open-source AI models from China with advanced hacking capabilities

3 Key Points

  1. Jack Clark, Anthropic co-founder, spoke at Semafor World Economy about emerging AI threats

  2. He predicted within 1.5 years, open-source AI models from China will have significantly stronger capabilities

  3. The warning suggests governments and organizations need to urgently prepare defenses against AI-enabled hacking attacks

  4. The advancement of Chinese open-source models poses a potential security challenge to global cybersecurity infrastructure

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