Rumman Chowdhury
US data scientist, AI specialist
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And then what? It uses the machines to actually make a physical virus, and then it, what, calls FedEx
- Chowdhury, now CEO of the safety firm Human Intelligence PBC, told CNN in an interview, referring to the often-referenced warning of AI creating a killer virusCNNcnn.com/2026/09…
This has been a conversation for quite some time,
- said Rumman Chowdhury, an AI researcher who served on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s AI safety and security board under the Biden administrationForeign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/09…
The most sophisticated agent in the world literally will sit there dormant until a human being prompts it with some sort of an objective,
- said Rumman Chowdhury, former science envoy for AI in the Biden administrationLos Angeles Timeslatimes.com/business/story…
At best it’s a distraction. At worst it’s diverting attention from things that really matter,
- said Rumman Chowdhury, the CEO of the nonprofit Humane Intelligence and the U.S. science envoy for AI under the Biden administrationThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/tech…
There would be no credible AI summit in the West that had that tagline,
- Rumman Chowdhury, CEO of the AI auditing startup Humane Intelligence, tells TIMETimetime.com/7379949/india…
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AI leaders Sam Altman and Dario Amodei acknowledge need for cooperation at UN
Le Mondelemonde.fr/en/international…Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back on calls for AI companies to work together to slow the pace of their products’ development, following warnings from inside AI labs of the potential for human annihilation via rogue technology
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/tech/tech…Don’t believe the doomers: Europe’s tech industry slams AI panic
Politico Europepolitico.eu/article/dont…Despite numerous pledges, commitments and open letters over the years from the industry, promising to prioritise safe, responsible AI aligned with human values, examples of bots behaving badly — to put it mildly — are now coming at us thick and fast
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Democrats embraced AI’s growth before Trump came along; now, they want to slow it down
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/democrats…On the way home from a recent trip, Eriech Tapia drove past a sea of dark industrial buildings lining an already jam-packed northern Virginia road: data centers
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Poll shows Americans are increasingly alarmed by AI’s ecological footprint
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…Thin black circuit lines branch out from metallic pins around the edges of the chip
Foreign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/09…OpenAI's rogue models roamed the internet for 4 days and staged a second attack
Politicopolitico.com/news/2026…Nvidia and more than 30 tech companies on Monday launched an alliance to develop open-source artificial intelligence tools for cyber defence, wading into a fight over the safety of freely available AI models, AFP reported
News24news24.com/business/tech…Tech is turning increasingly to religion in a quest to create ethical AI
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/tech…Ensuring that the principle of AI for good and for all is effectively implemented has therefore become an urgent task for the international community
Global Times Chinaglobaltimes.cn/page/202605…AI hit: India hungry to harness US tech giants’ technology at Delhi summit
Guardiantheguardian.com/world/2026…The corridors of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi turned into a space for powerful conversations as industry leaders exchanged views on the future of artificial intelligence in the country
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/trending/wo…