AI models that can take down governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns

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10. I agree, but if nothing is done then the potential for harm will just keep on going up.

The need for regulation is to serve notice to anyone who uses this technology to cause harm that there are serious penalties in place for such action.
And, we also need a monitoring process in place for both the design, implementation, and use of AI. This should have been done over a decade ago. As it is, the cat is truly out of the bag. Meanwhile, our government is still stuck in neutral.
The same needs to be done regarding the explosive growth of data centers. Their massive need for energy to support them is going to drive up energy costs for everyone, and has the potential to cause a lot of environmental damage.
Licensing requirements for these data centers should be done at both the state and federal levels, with a monitoring program to insure everything is done within whatever laws are developed for this purpose.