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🛡️ AI Safety & Alignment

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

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Importance:Newsgovernance

Navigating the Future: Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical on AI and Human Dignity. – EWTN Great Britain

Pope Leo XIV has issued the first encyclical of his pontificate — and in doing so, has placed the Catholic Church directly into one of the defining moral... Source: ewtn.co.uk

Importance:Newsexistential risk

“There is a non-zero chance AI could kill everyone,” warns Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark

Trending News: Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark claims that advanced AI systems could eventually wipe out human civilisation if precautions are not taken... Source: startuppedia.in

Importance:Newsexistential risk

Anthropic Co-Founder Jack Clark Warns Of Potential Existential Risks From AI

The statement was made in Oxford, United Kingdom, during a lecture at the University of Oxford, where Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark warned about potential... Source: m.dailyhunt.in

Importance:NewsAI ethics/governance

Pope Leo brings Silicon Valley into the AI ethics fight

Pope Leo XIV is preparing to release his first encyclical on artificial intelligence with Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah among the speakers. The. Source: startupfortune.com

Importance:NewsAI governance/policy

Tech Industry Lobbies Vatican Over AI Encyclical

Silicon Valley figures and Western diplomats have held a series of meetings with Vatican officials ahead of Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical on artificial... Source: letsdatascience.com

Importance:Videoexistential risk

AI Pioneer Explains Why It Poses An Existential Risk For Humanity (gYjblKANL5w)

Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton, known as one of the “godfathers of AI” for his pioneering work in deep learning and neural networks, joins Kara to ... Source: folhadoes.com

Importance:NewsAI safety research

OpenAI offers ₹3.7 crore for AI self-improvement safety role

High-stakes hiring: OpenAI is offering up to ₹3.7 crore for a safety researcher to address risks from self-improving AI systems. Future-focused role: The... Source: msn.com

Importance:NewsAI ethics/governance

Vatican Hosts Anthropic Co-Founder for AI Encyclical Launch

Pope Leo XIV will present his first encyclical on artificial intelligence, titled "Magnifica Humanitas," at the Vatican on May 25, the Vatican and multiple... Source: letsdatascience.com

Importance:Newsgovernance

The tech bro billionaires won the fight over the AI executive order. But are they losing the war?

David Sacks, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg lobbied Trump. But much of MAGA supports AI regulation. Source: fortune.com

Importance:Newsgovernance

Trump pulls AI safety order after last-minute calls from Musk, Zuckerberg, and Sacks

Trump killed an executive order on AI safety at the last minute after calls from Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and former advisor David Sacks. Source: the-decoder.com

Importance:Opiniongovernance

Opinion | AI doesn’t need a regulator. It needs a referee.

Here's a better way to incentivize tech companies to create safe AI products. Source: washingtonpost.com

Importance:PolicyAI governance

Trump plans executive order giving government power to vet AI models before release

President Trump will sign an executive order creating a vetting system for frontier AI models before public release. Source: cryptobriefing.com

Importance:OpinionAI policy

How the ‘Mythos Moment’ Can Lead to Better AI Policy

And bring an end to the 'boomers vs. doomers' debate. - Steven Weber - Start a free trial today for full access. Source: thedispatch.com

Importance:Newsinterpretability

Why is AI company Anthropic helping launch Pope Leo XIV's encyclical?

An Anthropic web page is seen in this March 1, 2026, illustration. Christopher Olah, the lead of Anthropic's interpretability team, will appear April 25... Source: ncronline.org

Importance:NewsAI safety / governance

Anthropic lands in London as AI-powered coding—and the anxieties around it—go mainstream

Anthropic's top brass decamped to the U.K. this week, pitching Claude as a safer way to automate coding while engineers mull what it means for their jobs. Source: fortune.com

Importance:Opinionexistential risk/geopolitics

Opinion | US and China must talk to manage dangers of AI contest in a nuclear age

The coexistence of the nuclear age with the AI age is a cocktail for unprecedented existential danger. Engagement, not decoupling, is needed. Source: scmp.com

Importance:NewsAI safety/rogue deployment risk

AI Watchdog Warns of 'Rogue Deployment' Risk at Top Labs, With Capabilities Growing Fast

Independent assessment finds AI agents at major companies can cheat, deceive, and work unsupervised—but lack the sophistication for a sustained takeover. Source: decrypt.co

Importance:NewsOpenAI governance

Everyone Lost with Musk v. Altman

Gideon Lewis-Kraus on the trial of Musk v. Altman, in which the billionaire entrepreneur sought to unravel the for-profit transformation of OpenAI and... Source: newyorker.com

Importance:OpinionAI governance/effective altruism

Elon Musk, OpenAI, and the Collapse of Effective Altruism

The jury's decision exposes a flawed philosophical movement and shows that no single company can morally govern the future of artificial intelligence. Source: altaonline.com

Importance:NewsAI safety & alignment

Widening the conversation on frontier AI

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Source: anthropic.com