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Calls for urgent action to stop 'catastrophic' AI hacking model
A blockade to end a blockade has begun in the Strait of Hormuz with the United States vowing to prevent ships coming to or from Iranian ports. According to military analysts the strategy could bring Iran back to the negotiating table but Al Jazeera Tehran correspondent Ali Hashem says the regime has shown a high tolerance for pain so far. Why has one of the world’s most powerful AI companies decided its latest model is too dangerous to release? Former cyber security chief Alastair McGibbon says Anthropic's new AI model poses a catastrophic risk to Australia's infrastructure if it gets into…
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