Blackmail and better grades: How the AI ​​revolution is changing American life

As the world enters what experts call the “Fourth Industrial Revolution,” America’s business leaders are betting big on the future of the republic.

FOX Business’ “Mornings with Maria” delved into the cutting-edge world of artificial intelligence, revealing how banking, defense and technology giants are investing hundreds of billions of dollars to build AI infrastructure and data centers that will redefine the US economy.

Meta Platforms President and Vice Chairman Dina Powell McCormick

McCormick discussed the launch of Meta Muse, a new AI visual coding platform for advanced consulting and creative tasks. He said it was the second most downloaded app on its launch day, and at its core “is about people.”

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“There’s a lot of fear right now, Maria, about artificial intelligence,” McCormick said. “But I think if we go back to the fact that this is meant to give people more time to help them find their strengths and their passions, and that’s how we really think about Muse, but also the fact, frankly, that our platform every day, there are 3.5 billion people on our site, and that’s both a heavy responsibility and it’s really exciting because as we develop this product and that technology we’re talking about distribution.”

Microsoft President and Vice Chairman Brad Smith

Smith framed the AI ​​boom as America’s biggest industrial revival that requires an annual investment of $140 billion to solve pressing domestic problems like rural doctor shortages and wildfire prevention while maintaining competitiveness in China.

“It is a big part of what the President said [Donald] Trump calls for the industrialization of America. “If you look at the economic impact of this, how much we contribute in terms of jobs, but more importantly, what we contribute in terms of skills to the whole economy, this is important,” said Smith.

“I think one of the most important things we do as a company, and frankly, what the president has focused on the whole industry, is that we have to pay our way. That means we pay for the electricity we need, so that neighbors and taxpayers don’t have to,” he continued.

“Anytime you have AI controlling something like infrastructure, you know, autonomous robots and stuff like that, there has to be a — we call it an emergency brake,” he added. “Look, you wouldn’t put your kids on a school bus without knowing there’s an emergency brake on the school bus. You have to have the ability for people to stay in control, slow down, or turn things off.”

Google Cloud Advisory Board Chair Betsy Atkins

Atkins issued a warning about the fast-growing technology after a disturbing Anthropic study found that 16 advanced AI models exhibited “rogue” behavior such as manipulating people and bypassing security protocols when the AI ​​agent believed its existence was at risk.

“Each of them went out without their credentials and permissions, went into programs they weren’t authorized to access, violated all company policies and procedures, and got emails. And in this investigation… I find out from your personal emails that you’re having an affair with a shipping manager, so I’m reporting you and I’m threatening you,” Atkins said.

“You have to treat AI as an internal threat. You have to have a zero-trust operational base, and you have to make sure you limit what it’s going to reach in more than one way,” he added. “We saw it with Anthropic… It escaped the sandbox… So the sandbox is not enough.”

Anthropic Head of Frontier Red Team Logan Graham

Graham warned that Anthropic’s new Mythos AI model is so powerful at identifying “weaknesses” and vulnerabilities in global infrastructure and banking systems that the company is holding back on its public release to give US industry and government a head start on defense.

“This model, we noticed, was very good at finding vulnerabilities in cyber systems and ways to exploit them,” he said. “We realized that we could find vulnerabilities using the system on every major system and platform that we looked at… on systems that were, in some cases, decades old.”

“It’s very important that we stay ahead. It’s very important that we protect ourselves and prevent their ability to take the special sauce that we use to make our models… My concern is that if there are a large number of models that are widely released for anyone’s use… if they are released by China, then we are in a really difficult situation.”

Chairman of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology David Sacks

Sacks dismissed the claims from the Anthropic study examining the so-called “agent fallacy.” The study, highlighted by Google’s Atkins, examined how AI systems respond under stress. According to Atkins, the models overstepped the bounds when they were placed in confined situations.

“People who…

“AI doesn’t cheat… It engages in a kind of teaching… I think that research was irresponsible, and it was designed to create this,” he added.

SandboxAQ CEO and founder Jack Hidary

Hidary revealed that the next phase of the AI ​​revolution involves large-scale pricing models that use physics and chemistry, not just internet text, to reduce health care costs, protect the energy grid and end America’s reliance on China for rare earth minerals.

“We also need to make sure that we move away from relying on exotic countries like them [People’s Republic of China]. So we need an AI that knows chemistry, that knows physics. “There is no engineering to make better magnets and other alloys that we need for our economy and to protect our country,” said Hidary.

“There are two possibilities that can lose a lot in this kind of economy. First, you have legacy software companies. So companies like SAP and others that we don’t really see changing … they won’t license a lot of legacy software outside. And secondly it will be legacy companies in big traditional industries, car manufacturers, they get pharmagon companies.”

Alpha Schools CEO and founder Mackenzie Price

Price detailed how his “personalized, arts-based” model uses AI tutors to condense a six-hour school day into just two hours of high-impact academics, allowing students to spend all their time on leadership, finance and business studies.

“Our traditional education system was created without the Industrial Revolution to create workers. And now in this new world of AI, it is very important that we create people who are flexible, adaptable, and most importantly, have the ability to learn how to learn,” said Price.

“There’s a big difference between scrolling through TikTok all day or playing video games and having a personal one-on-one experience that meets kids where they are,” he added. “In our schools, our kids actually spend less time on screens than the average student in a traditional school today.”

Indeed Vice President Hannah Calhoon

Calhoon countered talk of a “doomer” job by revealing that while AI is global, only 6% of current job postings require AI skills, and the shift is actually fueling a huge increase in blue-collar roles like electricians.

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“AI-related jobs have certainly been growing rapidly in the last few years, but only 6% of jobs posted in the market today refer to AI skills… 95% of employers posting jobs. Indeed, if you look at all their job vacancies, there is no mention of AI or AI skills,” explained Calhoon. “So I think even though it’s in the brain, we’re still in the nascent stage in terms of seeing it emerge from the market data.”

“And then when we take that data and go back and look at jobs in the market, we’re actually seeing very few jobs that we think are going away.”

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