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🛡️ AI Safety & Alignment

AI safety research, alignment techniques, interpretability, governance, and existential risk discussions.

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NewsAI safety rankings

Anthropic Tops 2026 AI Safety Index, But No AI Firm Earns Above a C+

US artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has eclipsed its competitors to score the highest in a semiannual safety ranking based on public data and... mitsloanme.com

OpinionAI philosophical implications

What can philosophy do in the era of artificial intelligence?

As artificial general intelligence looms near, can tech companies truly confront its moral, political, and societal consequences? eu.36kr.com

OpinionAI existential risks

Growth mania is fueling dangerous advances in AI – and its existential risks

AI risk represents the apex of growth mania, where a few tech elites gamble with humanity's future. They take these risks without our consent and without... resilience.org

OpinionAI agent safety

Safety and innovation are complementary for the future of agentic AI

A future where artificial intelligence agents talk to each other is right around the corner. According to Anshuman Chhabra, an assistant professor in USF's... usf.edu

OpinionAI governance and power concentration

The fight against AI data centers is important – but it’s just a starting point | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders

AI companies want to capture the value created by entire industries. That concentration of wealth and power is society's greatest risk. theguardian.com

OpinionAI planning and preparedness

Introducing Plan A

A Is For America. It's increasingly clear that nobody has a plan for if this AI thing turns out to be real. Some people have suggestions, but they're all... astralcodexten.com

Newssafety ratings

Global AI Safety Ratings Flunk: Top Score Barely a C+

The Future of Life Institute (FLI) released its 2026 first-half AI Safety Index, and the results are grim. Among nine major global AI companies… finance.biggo.com

Newssafety assessment

AI safety report gives the industry a reality check — and everyone flunks the toughest test

NEW YORK, July 8 — US artificial intelligence lab Anthropic topped a new global AI safety ranking, but a report released on Tuesday warned that the industry... malaymail.com

Newssafety index

Google, Anthropic, OpenAI lead AI Safety Index; SpaceXAI receives F

Future of Life Institute's AI Safety Index grades Anthropic, OpenAI & Google highest as others falter. seekingalpha.com

Newssafety governance

Global Big Tech Retreats on AI Safety Pledges, Experts Warn

FLI Releases AI Safety Index for First Half of 2026 Anthropic Scores C+; No Company Earns A or B "AI Threats Now a Societal Problem; More Than Voluntary... en.sedaily.com

Newssafety rankings

Global AI industry falls short on safety, think-tank warns

US AI lab Anthropic scored highest with a "C+" in a global safety ranking, but no company met top standards in risk assessment and governance, per Future of... straitstimes.com

Opinionsocietal risks

New Perspectives on the Societal Risks of AI

AI safety, once a niche concern, is now a topic that most people have heard of, but many remain unaware of what can be done to safeguard against new... nyas.org

Policygovernance framework

Diving Headfirst Into The Google Newly Released ‘AI Governance In America’ Framework

Google has unveiled a new AI governance framework, proposing an independent Frontier AI Regulatory Organization (FARO) for the U.S. This initiative aims to... forbes.com

Policyregulation

Bernie’s A.I. Warrior Has a No-Go List

Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan's Bernie-endorsed Senate candidate, has released an aggressive A.I.-regulation plan that includes Big Tech divestiture (you heard... puck.news

Newsalignment techniques

We Need Planetary Intelligence in the Age of AI

Will Marshall, CEO of Planet Labs, argues that planetary intelligence is the key to aligning AI with the best interests of humans. time.com

Newsexistential risk

AI Safety Expert Roman Yampolskiy Believes AI Has a 99.9% Chance of Wiping Out Humanity

What if the greatest technological breakthrough in human history also turned out to be the last invention humanity ever created? That question sits at the. theaiinsider.tech

Newsinterpretability

Anthropic's new "J-lens" reveals a silent workspace inside Claude that mirrors a leading theory of consciousness

Anthropic's new Claude research reveals a hidden internal “global workspace” that resembles human conscious processing, raising major questions about AI... venturebeat.com

Newsinterpretability

Anthropic's J-Lens Gives Claude a Monitorable Mind — and Turns Interpretability Into a Moat

New interpretability research from Anthropic reveals that Claude thinks before it speaks — and that watching what it thinks may become the compliance... fourweekmba.com

Opinionrisk rhetoric

Less Apocalyptic Rhetoric Can Help Mitigate Anti-Tech Violence

A series of tech industry luminaries flash across the screen, the subtitles spelling out statements like “I know people who work on AI risk who don't expect... techpolicy.press

Opinionsingularity

Open Letter: Is AI Already Past Its Point of ‘Singularity’?

We have been warned enough, and the dangers of AI are quickly becoming apparent. tcbmag.com