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🛡️ AI Safety & Alignment

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

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Researchsafety vs. competition dynamics

Competition may push AI firms to favor speed over safety, new study finds

As AI systems become increasingly powerful, policymakers around the world are grappling with a difficult question: How can society encourage innovation—and... techxplore.com

Researchfine-tuning safety risks/interpretability

Inherited Circuits, Learned Semantics: How Security Fine-Tuning Can Create Hidden Evasion Risk

Fine-tuning is a process that lets us steer a general-purpose large language model toward a specific task by training it on targeted examples. blogs.cisco.com

OpinionAI governance architecture

The World Doesn't Need Another UN AI Declaration. It Needs Architecture.

Somewhere in Geneva next month, a diplomat will declare that artificial intelligence must benefit all of humanity. That statement is easy to make — and... techpolicy.press

NewsAI governance/policy

US Government’s AI Model Review Process Poses Existential Risk to Entire Industry

The Trump administration's tightening grip on frontier AI model releases is creating a crisis that threatens the entire AI industry, not just individual. theaiinsider.tech

Researchinterpretability/explainability

Xiaoming Liu Highlights the Role of Explainable AI in Building Trustworthy and Privacy-Preserving Systems

A practical review of explainable AI examines how transparency and interpretability improve trust in high-stakes applications. By introducing explainability... manilatimes.net

NewsAI ethics/governance

Pope Leo XIV Declares AI Cannot Be Morally Neutral: Ethics Embedded In Every Algorithm

Pope Leo XIV states AI embeds ethical choices in its design, measurements, and classifications. Insights on dignity and accountability. dallasexpress.com

NewsAI governance/safety hiring

Anthropic Opens Applications for Research Engineer Role Focused on Rule of Law and AI Governance

Anthropic, a leading public benefit corporation focused on developing safe and interpretable artificial intelligence systems, has announced an opening for... globalsouthopportunities.com

OpinionAI alignment/ethics workforce

How to tame AI’s soul? Hire a philosopher

For philosophy undergraduates, as I long ago discovered, it is a rite of passage to be exposed to the joke that the only thing your degree qualifies you for... thetimes.com

PolicyAI governance/regulation

Where does the Philippines stand on AI regulation?

ASEAN guidelines exist, but adoption and enforcement depend on the discretion and capacities of member states. technology.inquirer.net

NewsAI governance / regulation

OpenAI Drops GPT-5.6 Hours After Trump Regulatory Clash

OpenAI just pulled off one of the fastest regulatory pivots in AI history. Less than 24 hours after agreeing to stagger its next model release at the Trump... techbuzz.ai

NewsAI governance and misuse risk

AI could become a powerful weapon for criminals and rogue states, Cambridge experts warn

Landmark University of Cambridge report says rapidly advancing frontier AI models are outpacing safeguards, raising risks of cyberattacks and disinformation... aa.com.tr

NewsAI governance and misuse risk

Cambridge report warns AI could arm criminals, rogue states

University of Cambridge report warns AI advancing faster than safety measures, opening doors to criminal and state misuse. turkiyetoday.com

Opinionexistential risk

Roman Yampolskiy Warns AI Could Wipe Out Humanity

VladTV published an interview with AI safety researcher Dr. Roman Yampolskiy in which VladTV reports he stated that artificial intelligence has a "**99.9%**... letsdatascience.com

OpinionAI safety and enterprise

Why frontier AI must be stress-tested before CISOs trust it

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers if Anthropic's Claude Mythos frontier AI model is a benefit or barrier to achieving resilient enterprise... computerweekly.com

Newsexistential risk

Exploring AI's existential risks and debates

©Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images. BLETCHLEY, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 1: A general view during the first plenary session on Day 1 of the AI Safety Summit at... msn.com

Newsexistential risk / governance

AI & Tech Brief: The Threat of Superintelligence

Lawmakers are getting briefed by non-profit advocacy group ControlAI about the risks of AI superintelligence. washingtonpost.com

Opinionalignment techniques

Raising New Minds: A Developmental Framework for AI Alignment | by Tim Ventura | Jun, 2026

AI alignment may depend not only on how we control artificial intelligence, but on how we teach, socialize, and learn to live with the minds we create. medium.com

OpinionAI governance

Who gave AI companies the right to build the future?

The people building powerful AI want society to help govern it. But the most important choice — whether to build it at all — was already made. vox.com

Newsgovernance

Mamdani, AI industry flex political power in New York, plus more to watch in Tuesday's primaries

Two factions in the AI industry are clashing in a Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat. tribdem.com

Newsgovernance

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned Mythos posed a national security threat. Washington just responded.

Anthropic's Dario Amodei warned his AI model, Mythos, was so powerful it posed serious threats. Then the government stepped in and Anthropic shut it down. aol.com