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March 2026

ImportAI 449: LLMs training other LLMs; 72B distributed training run; computer vision is harder than generative text

Clark covers several AI research developments: a new benchmark (PostTrainBench) shows LLM agents can autonomously fine-tune other LLMs but still fall well short of human performance (23.2% vs 51.1%),...

Sam Altman speaks at BlackRock's US Infrastructure Summit

Sam Altman argues that AI is becoming a utility akin to electricity, with OpenAI's core mission being to flood the world with cheap, abundant intelligence — framing compute as revenue and tokens as...

From games to biology and beyond: 10 years of AlphaGo's impact

Demis Hassabis reflects on the 10th anniversary of AlphaGo's historic defeat of world Go champion Lee Sae Dol, arguing that the breakthrough — particularly "Move 37" — marked the start of the modern...

Nvidia makes significant investment in Mira Murati Thinking Machines Lab

Nvidia has made a "significant investment" in Mira Murati's AI startup Thinking Machines Lab as part of a multiyear strategic partnership, though the exact dollar amount was not disclosed. As part of...

Import AI 448: AI R&D; Bytedance's CUDA-writing agent; on-device satellite AI

Jack Clark covers several key AI developments, most notably Ajeya Cotra's updated timeline predictions suggesting AI agents will exceed 100-hour task horizons by end of 2026, which Clark frames as...

We Interviewed Sam Altman at TreeHacks 2026

Sam Altman recounts founding OpenAI in 2014 as a research lab—not a company—betting on the unpopular thesis that scaling deep learning with more compute would unlock transformative AI progress,...

Anthropic's CEO explains why he took on the Pentagon

Dario Amodei explains that Anthropic's resistance to a broader Pentagon contract centered on two concerns: the technical unsuitability of current AI models for fully autonomous weapons use, and a...

Where things stand with the Department of War

Dario Amodei addresses Anthropic's designation as a supply chain risk to US national security by the Department of War, stating the action is legally unsound and will be challenged in court, while...

Import AI 447: The AGI economy; testing AIs with generated games; and agent ecologies

Jack Clark discusses a new paper on "Simple Economics of AGI" which argues that as AI automates most tasks, humans will shift to verification and oversight roles, with verification bandwidth becoming...

February 2026

Full interview: Anthropic CEO responds to Trump order, Pentagon clash

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei explains why his company refuses to provide AI for two specific use cases: domestic mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. He argues these restrictions protect...

Sam Altman on "taste" and hiring in the AI era

Sam Altman argues that "taste" and human judgment are skills that can help job seekers get hired and job security during AI-driven workforce displacement, stating OpenAI builds its best research...

Sam Altman aims to de-escalate Pentagon tensions as OpenAI employees support Anthropic

Sam Altman says OpenAI wants to help de-escalate tensions between rival Anthropic and the Pentagon, publicly aligning with Anthropic's red lines against autonomous weapons and mass surveillance while...

Pentagon approves OpenAI safety red lines after dumping Anthropic

Sam Altman announced OpenAI reached an agreement with the Pentagon to use its AI models, accepting safety red lines prohibiting domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons—similar to...

Sam Altman says OpenAI shares Anthropic's red lines in Pentagon fight

Sam Altman stated that OpenAI will adopt the same red lines as Anthropic in its Pentagon dispute: opposing AI for mass surveillance or autonomous lethal weapons, and insisting humans remain in the...

Dario Amodei says he "cannot in good conscience" bow to Pentagon's demands over AI use in military

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says his company "cannot in good conscience" comply with Pentagon demands for unrestricted use of its Claude AI, citing concerns about mass surveillance of Americans and...

Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei responds to the Department of War's decision to designate the company as a supply chain risk, which followed an impasse in negotiations over two exceptions: mass domestic...

Jack Clark on AI's Uneven Impact (Ep. 242) | Conversations with Tyler

Jack Clark argues that AGI will last longest in affecting artisanal trades like gardening and relationship-based sales roles where human preference and presence are irreplaceable, even as AI...

Anthropic CEO says AI company 'cannot in good conscience accede' to Pentagon's demands • FRANCE 24

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has refused the Pentagon's ultimatum to remove safety restrictions on Claude for military use, stating the company "cannot in good conscience accede" to demands that would...

Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War

Dario Amodei announces Anthropic's extensive deployment of Claude to the US Department of War for mission-critical applications like intelligence analysis and operational planning, while maintaining...

Anthropic CEO Amodei says Pentagon's threats "do not change our position" on AI

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the company "cannot in good conscience" allow the Department of Defense to use its AI models for all lawful purposes without restriction, insisting that Pentagon...

Anthropic's Dario Amodei spends up to 40% of his time on company culture

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says he spends 30-40% of his time focusing on company culture rather than products, believing culture is the key factor that will determine who wins the AI race. He...

Anthropic’'s C.E.O. on the Dangers of A.I. Weapons

Dario Amodei argues that AI poses significant threats to constitutional protections and democratic governance, citing autonomous weapons systems that eliminate human oversight of military decisions...

People by WTF: w/ Dario Amodei - The AI Tsunami is Here (Transcript)

Dario Amodei explains that scaling laws - the relationship between data, compute, and model size - are driving AI toward human-level intelligence, describing intelligence as the ability to perform...

Anthropic acquires Vercept to advance Claude's computer use capabilities

Anthropic acquires Vercept to enhance Claude's computer use capabilities, enabling the AI to perceive and interact within software applications like a human. The Vercept team brings expertise in...

Anthropic updates Responsible Scaling Policy, drops training-pause commitment

Anthropic is abandoning its 2023 Responsible Scaling Policy pledge to pause AI training if safety measures cannot be guaranteed in advance, citing competitive pressures from rivals racing ahead and...

Dario Amodei WARNS: "You Have No Idea What's Coming in 6 Months"

Dario Amodei expresses very high conviction that AGI will be achieved within a few years, with a personal hunch of one to two years, and states he's 90% confident it will arrive by 2035—specifically...

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Warns: "Entry Level White Collar Jobs Will Be Automated"

Dario Amodei argues that entry-level white-collar jobs like data entry, document review, and junior legal work will be disrupted rapidly by AI—potentially within single-digit years rather than...

The AI Tsunami is Here & Society Isn't Ready | Dario Amodei x Nikhil Kamath | People by WTF

Dario Amodei argues that AI models are rapidly approaching human-level intelligence through scaling laws (combining data, compute, and model size), yet society lacks awareness of this imminent...

How Fast Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy? | The Ezra Klein Show

Jack Clark argues that AI agents—systems that can work autonomously over time using tools and taking actions—represent a transformative shift beyond chatbots, capable of performing complex tasks like...

AlphaFold3 Can Now Design Drugs From Scratch Demis Hassabis AI Biology

Demis Hassabis discusses AlphaFold's evolution from protein structure prediction (AlphaFold 2) to modeling molecular interactions with drugs and other molecules (AlphaFold 3), and the reverse...

“We’re Near the Intelligence Takeoff” – Dario AmodeI's Timeline On AGI (2027)

Dario Amodei claims that AGI—what he calls a "country of geniuses in a data center"—will likely arrive within 1-2 years, and he's 90% confident it will happen within 10 years, citing scaling laws and...

Urgent research needed to tackle AI threats, says Google AI boss | BBC News

Demis Hassabis, head of Google DeepMind, argues that urgent research is needed to address two main AI risks: misuse by bad actors and technical challenges in controlling increasingly powerful...

Import AI 446: Nuclear LLMs; China’s big AI benchmark; measurement and AI policy

Jack Clark highlights three main themes: the critical importance of AI measurement for enabling governance, with Clark personally endorsing Jacob Steinhardt's argument that building technical...

Fireside Chat: Sam Altman×Vinod Khosla and AMA at IIT Delhi | 20 February 2026

Sam Altman emphasizes that AI represents the largest transformative shift in human capability he's witnessed in his lifetime, enabling young people worldwide—particularly in India—to build incredible...

"The Average Person Has No Idea" — Anthropic CEO on What's Coming

Dario Amodei claims that we are near the end of exponential AI progress, with him 90% confident that AI will achieve "country of geniuses in a data center" capabilities within 10 years, though his...

Not Trying To Replace Existing IT Industry: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei | EXCLUSIVE

Dario Amodei states that Anthropic is not trying to replace the existing IT industry but rather work as collaborative partners, positioning AI as "Lego building blocks" that companies can build upon...

Rapid Fire With Sam Altman: His Take on AGI, Musk & the Future of AI | Express Adda

Sam Altman discusses Google's AI progress, praising Demis Hassabis and Google's ability to scale models after falling behind. He addresses AI regulation, arguing no country has found the right...

Sam Altman Unfiltered: ChatGPT, AI Risks & What’s Coming Next, 40 Questions in 60 Minutes

Sam Altman discusses AI's remarkable progress, noting that in just one year AI has advanced from solving high school math problems to solving seven of ten new research-level mathematics problems. He...

Demis Hassabis On AGI, Advice For Indian Engineers, AI In Gaming & More (Transcript)

Demis Hassabis discusses AlphaFold's impact on drug discovery, expressing hope to reduce the 10-year drug development timeline to months using AI. He emphasizes the importance of scientific taste,...

Sam Altman Mega Exclusive LIVE | India Is Building Incredible AI: Open AI CEO | AI Summit | N18L

Sam Altman discusses OpenAI's position as India's second largest market, announcing partnerships with Infosys and TCS while emphasizing the country's significant AI energy and potential. He outlines...

Demis Hassabis On AGI, Advice For Indian Engineers, AI In Gaming & More

Demis Hassabis discusses how foundation models like Gemini are on the shortest path to AGI, and how AI tools like AlphaFold are revolutionizing drug discovery by potentially reducing the 10-year drug...

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis praises India’s AI growth at global AI summit

Demis Hassabis praises India's growing AI ecosystem and research capabilities, highlighting DeepMind and Google's significant presence in Bangalore and their partnership with Reliance to deploy...

LIVE: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Speaks at India AI Impact Summit 2026

Dario Amodei argues AI is on an exponential trajectory following a "Moore's law for intelligence" and predicts AI will surpass human cognitive capabilities in most domains within years, describing...

LIVE: Fireside chat with Infosys' Nandan Nilekani, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at India AI Summit

Dario Amodei discusses the gap between AI's fundamental capabilities and their real-world economic impact, emphasizing that diffusion of technology into society takes significant time and effort. He...

openai for india

Sam Altman announces OpenAI for India, a major initiative to build sovereign AI infrastructure in the world's largest democracy through a partnership with Tata Group. The collaboration includes...

LIVE | Google CEO Sundar Pichai, DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis Speak At Delhi Ai Summit | VERTEX

Demis Hassabis emphasizes the transformative potential of AI, particularly in India, where the technology is moving from theoretical applications to real-world impacts that can benefit millions. He...

The Real Surprise of the Last 3 Years in AI – Dario Amodei

Dario Amodei reflects that AI progress has largely met his expectations over the past three years, with models advancing from "smart high school student" to "PhD and professional" level. He expresses...

WATCH LIVE: Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis speaks at India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi

Demis Hassabis discusses AGI being on the horizon in 5-8 years, noting current systems still lack true general intelligence due to limitations like lack of continual learning, inability to plan...

AI Research Symposium: The Next Frontiers | Keynotes by Demis Hassabis, Yoshua Bengio & Yann LeCun

Demis Hassabis states that AGI is on the horizon, potentially achievable in the next 5-8 years, though current systems still lack key capabilities like continual learning, long-term planning, and...

accelerating discovery in india through ai powered science and education

Demis Hassabis announces Google's National Partnership for AI with India, providing access to frontier AI models (AlphaGenome, AI Co-scientist, AlphaFold, WeatherNext) to accelerate scientific...