Ex-Google CEO says the US and China's most powerful AI systems may one day be stored in military bases and surrounded by machine guns

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Former Google CEO and chairman, Eric Schmidt.
Former Google CEO and chairman, Eric Schmidt.

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt has an easy solution to the terrifying idea of AI with free will

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt invests in a number of AI and science startups.

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Eric Schmidt says China can't catch up to US in AI for 4 reasons

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Since leaving Google, Eric Schmidt has invested in tech and AI firms like Anthropic.

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Eric Schmidt was supposed to buy a yacht once owned by a Russian oligarch. Here's the one he bought instead.

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Eric Schmidt bought Kismet from the Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan — hence the figurehead — last year and renamed her Whisper.

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt quietly created a company called White Stork, which plans to build AI-powered attack drones, report says

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Eric Schmidt was the CEO of Google until 2011.

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At 99, the late Henry Kissinger still worked 15 hours a day and flew around the world on business trips

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Henry Kissinger.
Henry Kissinger.

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Sam Altman sure came out a hero

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In the battle between Microsoft and AI doomers, Sam Altman (pictured, middle) came out on top — with some help from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who promptly scooped up the AI wunderkind. Even Open AI's Ilya Sutskever has said he regrets his role in Altman's firing.

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Married billionaire Eric Schmidt reportedly invested $100 million in a company run by a 29-year-old entrepreneur said to be his girlfriend

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt (L) reportedly invested $100 million in a company led by Michelle Ritter.

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Billionaire investors Ken Griffin and Bill Ackman meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Ukraine looks to rebuild its economy with private-sector funds

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Citadel and Citadel Securities founder Ken Griffin speaking to the audience on Saturday night.
Ken Griffin speaking to the audience on Saturday night.

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Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and other tech names head to Washington for a closed-door meeting on policing AI

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Elon Musk, speaking outside the "AI Insight Forum" in Washington on Wednesday. He and other tech leaders were discussing artificial intelligence and possible government regulation.

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