Causal language modeling, abbreviated CLM, is a training objective in which a model predicts the next token from tokens that came before it. A causal attention mask prevents information from later positions from leaking into each prediction. Repeating this task across large text collections teaches an autoregressive model statistical patterns of language, knowledge associations, and ways to continue a sequence. At inference time, the model generates text token by token using the same left-to-right dependency. CLM differs from masked language modeling, which hides selected tokens inside a sequence and uses surrounding context on both sides. The objective supports open-ended generation but does not guarantee factual or intentional understanding.
Elon Musk expanded on his endorsement of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s AI safety warning, saying danger is significant now and competitors should test each other’s models.
OpenAI pays hundreds of contractors to read real ChatGPT conversations and rate the chatbot’s replies, a practice most users likely don’t know exists.
Microsoft published draft rules for its AI models, days after Anthropic’s CEO called for slowing AI development and a researcher resigned over safety fears.
Sam Altman says safety work should constrain the pace of frontier AI development, following an interview in which he rejected a hypothetical 10% extinction risk as unacceptable.
Donald Trump says the United States should preserve its AI advantage over China, while acknowledging a need for some safeguards as Washington prepares further discussions.
Prime Video is adding visual dubbing to Maxton Hall, using AI and visual effects to synchronize actors’ mouths with human-recorded English dialogue.
Xi Jinping proposed joint language-model development and specialist training across BRICS, but announced no named models, access terms or rollout timetable.
Anthropic’s economic scenarios explore how AI could raise U.S. output by 2030 while shifting income toward capital and putting pressure on knowledge workers.
Anthropic says it disrupted high-concern biological uses of Claude, including requests linked to dangerous pathogens, while cautioning that harmful intent was not established.
Sam Altman has discussed slowing advanced AI development, Bloomberg reports, as OpenAI’s chief scientist argues for coordination and stronger safeguards.