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🛡️ AI Safety & Alignment

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

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Newsgovernance

The fight on the right over AI

The White House's approach to AI development has been marked by a consistent opposition to almost any significant regulation of the tech industry. politico.com

Opiniongovernance

An AI Threat Looms, and We Are Not Prepared

We need legal authority that allows the government to shut down a dangerous AI system the moment a crisis begins. progressive.org

Researchinterpretability

Emotion concepts and their function in a large language model

Interpretability research from Anthropic on emotion concepts. anthropic.com

Newsgovernance and risk

Agentic AI: Greater Capabilities and Enhanced Risks

An examination of the legal risks and challenges arising from the rapid adoption of agentic AI and the shifting global regulatory landscape,... reuters.com

Newsgovernance and policy

Trump administration appeals ruling that blocked Pentagon action against Anthropic over AI dispute

The Trump administration is appealing a judge's order blocking the federal government from taking punitive measures against artificial intelligence company... tribdem.com

NewsAI governance and political coalitions

‘Think Everybody Dead’: How the Threat of AI Is Fueling a New Political Alliance

A billionaire-backed movement from Silicon Valley and populists like Bernie Sanders are eager to stop an AI disaster — but can they overcome their mutual... politico.com

Researchinterpretability application

Interpretable AI Boosts Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis

In a groundbreaking advancement poised to redefine cardiovascular health diagnostics, researchers Hasan and Dhrubo have unveiled an innovative artificial... bioengineer.org

NewsAI safety and security incident

Anthropic Claude Code Leak: AI Giant Exposes Source Code in 'Simple Mistake'; What Was Revealed & Why Experts Are Concerned?

Anthropic Claude Code leak shocks AI industry as source code gets exposed due to packaging error; experts raise concerns over security and AI development... sundayguardianlive.com

NewsAI safety and security incident

Anthropic has ‘come to copyright’ epiphany after Claude code leak

Source code for Anthropic's AI chatbot, Claude, leaked due to "human error, not a security breach", as the company preached trust and safety. startupdaily.net

NewsAI governance

Breaking the deadlock on AI governance

International AI governance is at risk of failure. Rapid geopolitical change, institutional weakness and asymmetries between the public and private sectors... chathamhouse.org

Newsexistential risk

Dissenting voices against AI are getting louder

Protesters in San Francisco call for a pause in AI development, highlighting existential risks and the potential for superintelligence to harm humanity. enterpriseai.economictimes.indiatimes.com

NewsAI safety/existential risk

Dissenting voices against AI are getting louder

The call is to pause the development of AI systems since they pose significant risks, including existential threat. But Swathi Moorthy finds experts have a... m.economictimes.com

NewsAI governance/policy

AI & Tech Brief: Forecasting an AI deal

Not a subscriber? Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Expect negotiations over a national AI framework to be a slow burn. washingtonpost.com

NewsAI safety advocacy

Protesters Demand Pause in Frontier AI Development

About 200 protesters marched in San Francisco on March 21 to the headquarters of OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI, urging a pause in frontier AI development and... letsdatascience.com

PolicyAI governance

Treasury Launches AI Initiative to Safeguard Financial System

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal officials are launching a new public-private initiative aimed at strengthening the U.S. financial system as artificial... mychesco.com

Newsexistential risk and whistleblowing

AI could threaten humanity within 5 years, warns ex-OpenAI researcher

Daniel Kokotajlo, a former OpenAI researcher and current whistleblower, has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) could pose an existential threat to... newsbytesapp.com

NewsAI governance and corporate accountability

Meta's court losses spell potential trouble for AI research, consumer safety

Meta's two courtroom defeats centered on different cases but both involved allegations that the company knew about its products' harms. cnbc.com

NewsAI transparency and interpretability in financial systems

Why AI-powered AML systems may be making financial crime risk invisible

AI in AML boosts efficiency but may hide risks—raising concerns around transparency, false negatives, and over-reliance on automation. etedge-insights.com

Newsgovernance and policy

How the Benefits—and Harms—of AI Grew in 2024

In 2024, tech companies raced ahead with AI, driving markets and stirring regulators. aol.com

Opinionexistential risk and governance

5 Questions for Max Tegmark

Max Tegmark is an MIT physics professor who researches AI as part of the university's Institute for Artificial Intelligence & Fundamental Interactions,... politico.com