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- Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark tells IMF the singularity has arrived
Speaking at the Per Jacobsson lecture during the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok on October 17, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark declared that "the singularity has arrived," describing a future in which one human scientist could lead hundreds of AI scientists working at once; he said the world has roughly 10 million researchers today and that a billion "virtual scientists" could emerge. The report recounts his path from Bloomberg technology reporter to OpenAI policy director in 2016, and his December 2020 departure with Dario Amodei and six colleagues to found Anthropic, noting he joined the Forbes 400 in September with a net worth of $15.5 billion. It also says he closed the speech by urging stricter AI regulation, including slowing development if necessary.
36氪 人工智能 · 🔥 22 - Why AI optimism in the Global South diverges from Western anxiety
A Rest of World opinion essay argues that Western anxiety about AI contrasts sharply with widespread optimism in much of the Global South, attributing part of the gap to demographics and to building around concrete needs. The author cites Stanford's 2025 AI Index finding that 83% of respondents in China, 80% in Indonesia and 77% in Thailand said AI-powered products offer more benefits than drawbacks, versus 39% in the U.S. and 36% in the Netherlands, while a 2025 Pew Research Center survey found only 17% of U.S. adults expected AI to have a positive impact on the country over the next 20 years. The piece also notes that AI-made micro-dramas have become a multibillion-dollar industry in China, pointing to Zombie Cleaner, made for under $500 by a part-time wedding photographer in rural Yunnan, which drew tens of millions of views overseas.
Rest of World · 🔥 0 - Report: US developer postings up 15% since AI coding era, junior roles down 20%
According to a CNBC report, Indeed Hiring Lab data shows U.S. software development job postings rose nearly 15% since Anthropic released Claude Code in February 2025, while overall hiring fell 7% over the same period. Growth was concentrated in senior and AI-related roles: senior positions accounted for 71% of software development hiring growth from May 2025 to May 2026, and roles with AI in the title made up 37%. Stanford's 2026 AI Index found employment for 22- to 25-year-olds in AI-related fields fell 16% since generative AI emerged, with early-career software developers down about 20%, while the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects software developer employment to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, from roughly 1.72 million to 1.89 million.
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