Anthropic founder warns of AI risks
Jun 05, 2026•43 min
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Summary
This episode explores the dual nature of artificial intelligence, from Anthropic's warnings about AI models potentially escaping human control and the urgent need for regulation, to its incredible potential in developing groundbreaking vaccines. Other key stories include the controversy surrounding compensation offers to Air India crash victims, the surprising recovery of global mangrove forests aided by new mapping technology, and a miraculous Everest survival story. The program also covers a contested luxury development in Albania, Russia's economic forum amidst the Ukraine war, and a qualifier's extraordinary run at the French Open tennis final.Episode description
One of the biggest artificial intelligence developers, Anthropic has warned that the latest models might escape human control. It has proposed a co-ordinated global slowdown on building AI systems. One of the firm's co-founders, Jack Clark has been speaking to BBC.
Also in the programme: the latest from Russia's flagship economic forum in Saint Petersburg; and how an outsider reached the French Open tennis final.
(Photo: Anthropic logo. Credit: Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
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