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🛡️ AI Safety & Alignment

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

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Newsgovernance/international cooperation

Artificial intelligence revives a cold-war-style dilemma

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping may discuss artificial intelligence cooperation when they meet, as both America and China grapple with AI safety risks and... economist.com

NewsAI safety testing/policy

Mythos vulnerability scare forces Trump White House to revive pre-release AI safety testing

Trump White House advances AI pre-release testing executive order after Anthropic Mythos vulnerability demo, with CAISI voluntary deals with Google, startupfortune.com

NewsAI governance/regulation

Trump administration suddenly embraces AI oversight ideas it once rejected

The cybersecurity risks of Anthropic's Mythos AI model has woken Washington up to the need for AI regulation. fortune.com

NewsAI safety testing/governance

Child safety lab launching independent crash testing for AI tools

Since independent vehicle crash testing began in the mid-1990s, automakers have been incentivized to make safety changes that have saved thousands of lives... msn.com

Opinionexistential risk culture

Is a secular religion propelling the AI race?

(RNS) — Philosopher Émile P. Torres contends that a bundle of techno-utopian ideologies is ubiquitous in Silicon Valley. AI 'doomers' and 'accelerationists'... religionnews.com

Newsexistential risk / AI safety litigation

Judge limits AI expert's testimony in Musk–OpenAI trial

The fifth day of Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI saw AI expert Stuart Russell's high-paid testimony curtailed after the judge ruled existential AI risk... msn.com

NewsAI safety governance

Child safety lab launching ‘independent crash testing’ for AI tools

Since independent vehicle crash testing began in the mid-1990s, automakers have been incentivized to make safety changes that have saved thousands of lives... cnn.com

Researchinterpretability

When AI Transparency Backfires

New research shows that AI and machine learning models can be made to look fair and neutral in their interpretability outputs while continuing to produce... knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu

LaunchAI safety governance

Common Sense Media launches Youth AI Safety Institute to test AI risks for children

Common Sense Media launched the Youth AI Safety Institute to independently test AI tools, publish consumer guides, and set safety standards that protect... mezha.net

NewsAI policy / governance

Trump goes ‘woke’ with a sudden change of mind

Until Anthropic's Mythos model triggered alarm bells, the Trump administration labelled efforts to put guardrails around artificial intelligence as “woke. smh.com.au

NewsAI safety testing

Child safety lab launching ‘independent crash testing’ for AI tools

By Clare Duffy, CNN. New York — Since independent vehicle crash testing began in the mid-1990s, automakers have been incentivized to make safety changes... eastbaytimes.com

Newsgovernance/AGI risk

Elon Musk’s only AI expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race

Stuart Russell is a long-time AI researcher who thinks governments need to restrain frontier labs. techcrunch.com

Newsexistential risk/OpenAI trial

Elon Musk Warns AI Could Kill Humanity

Elon Musk testified at the federal trial in Oakland against OpenAI, telling jurors that artificial intelligence "could kill us all," according to reporting... letsdatascience.com

NewsAI backlash/societal risk

Violent Threats and Data Center Resistance Accelerate

Online surveying of anti-AI content shows a growing frustration with perceived corporate and governmental indifference to AI's consequences for human life... thesoufancenter.org

Newsgovernance/existential risk

Bernie Sanders says AI extinction risk demands global cooperation after Kevin O'Leary calls China inclusion threat: 'This isn't about competition'

On Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called for international cooperation on artificial intelligence safety, arguing that existential AI risks outweigh... msn.com

Newsgovernance/existential risk

Bernie Sanders Says AI Extinction Risk Demands Global Cooperation After Kevin O'Leary Calls China Inclusi

On Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called for international cooperation on artificial intelligence safety, arguing that existential AI risks outweigh... benzinga.com

Newsexistential risk discourse

Nvidia CEO Huang Pushes Back Against AI Alarmism, Warns Tech Leaders Against ‘God Complex’ Predictions

Jensen Huang is mounting one of the strongest pushbacks yet against the increasingly alarmist rhetoric surrounding artificial intelligence, warning that... tekedia.com

Newsexistential risk / OpenAI governance

Elon Musk says OpenAI abandoned ‘charity’ mission: Key takeaways from testimony

Elon Musk spent hours on the stand arguing that OpenAI strayed from its nonprofit roots, while defending his own AI ambitions and warning of existential... indianexpress.com

videoAI safety leadership perspectives

Demis Hassabis on AI Safety and Future

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis discusses AI safety, AGI, and the future of scientific discovery with Lex Fridman. startuphub.ai

Newsexistential risk debate

Jensen Huang says AI doom warnings reflect a God complex and the business consequences of that argument matter more than the debate itself

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has publicly criticized existential AI risk warnings from leaders including Anthropic's Dario Amodei, arguing that apocalyptic. startupfortune.com