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🛡️ AI Safety & Alignment

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

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Importance:Newsmechanistic interpretability

This startup’s new mechanistic interpretability tool lets you debug LLMs

Goodfire wants to make training AI models more like good old-fashioned software engineering. Source: technologyreview.com

Importance:NewsAI governance/existential risk

Sanders urges cooperation with China to avert AI apocalypse

During a Wednesday night event at the Capitol, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) urged the U.S. and China to cooperate on AI regulation, warning that continued... Source: responsiblestatecraft.org

Importance:OpinionAI governance/conflict

From Black Box to Watchtower: Governing AI in the Age of Conflict

The ambition of AI in conflict management should not be to eliminate uncertainty, but to make it legible, contestable and governable. Source: unu.edu

Importance:Newsexistential risk/OpenAI governance

Musk warns AI 'could kill us all' in OpenAI trial

Elon Musk concluded his third day of tense testimony in his lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its nonprofit mission for profit. Source: msn.com

Importance:Researchalignment/existential risk

AI systems could drift away from human interests as power grow

A new academic study is raising fresh concerns about the long-term trajectory of artificial intelligence (AI), warning that the very expansion of AI systems... Source: devdiscourse.com

Importance:Newsgovernance

Sanders Convenes Chinese and American Computer Scientists to Warn of Threat from AI

'The richest, most powerful people in the world are now building a runaway train with no brakes,' Sanders said. Source: broadbandbreakfast.com

Importance:Newsgovernance/politics

Scott Bessent Blasts Bernie Sanders For Hosting Chinese Scientists For Discussions On AI Threats: Like 'Channeling' Hugo Chavez On How To Run Economy

On Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt) upcoming Capitol Hill AI safety forum, arguing that America's greatest AI... Source: yahoo.com

Importance:OpinionAGI/future of AI

Demis Hassabis on AI's Future: Beyond Current Models

Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, discusses the current limitations of AI, the path to AGI, and the future of AI in scientific discovery. Source: startuphub.ai

Importance:Newsgovernance and existential risk

Sam Altman on AI's Future and Existential Risk

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discusses the accelerating pace of AI development and the urgent need for global governance and robust safety measures. Source: startuphub.ai

Importance:Newsspectrum of AI safety

OpenAI's Altman: AI Safety is Not Just About Existential Risk

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discusses AI safety beyond existential risks, focusing on bias, job displacement, and the need for proactive measures. Source: startuphub.ai

Importance:Researchalignment techniques

Human-In-The-Loop In AI Validation And Control: From Principle To Practice

Explores how human-in-the-loop oversight can move from principle to practice. with a risk-based framework for determining when HITL is required, how... Source: clinicalleader.com

Importance:News

Bernie Sanders’ plans to schmooze with top Beijing AI experts ignite backlash: ‘Holy s—‘

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is drawing scrutiny for cozying up to Chinese AI governance officials while... Source: wfin.com

Importance:News

Senator Bernie Sanders Issues Warning on AI's Existential Threat

Bernie Sanders voices concern over AI risks, urging that this tech must benefit humanity and not pose dangers to our existence. Source: news.bitcoin.com

Importance:News

'It is existential’: Elon Musk and Sam Altman duke it out over OpenAI’s founding

A jury is about to weigh whether Sam Altman deceived Elon Musk into funding OpenAI with promises it would operate as a nonprofit for humanity's benefit. Source: politico.com

Importance:News

Concierra Legal Introduces Strategic Contract Architecture Approach to Address AI-Driven Legal Risks for Businesses

Frisco, TEXAS, April 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Concierra Legal, a boutique law practice focused on complex business risk and contract strateg... Source: markets.businessinsider.com

Importance:News

AI casts existential shadow over legacy software companies, Bridgewater CIOs warn

When Amazon began selling books online, many feared traditional bookstores such as Barnes & Noble would fade into obsolescence. Drawing ‌parallels with that... Source: finance.yahoo.com

Importance:News

Parsing Agentic Offensive Security's Existential Threat

BLACK HAT ASIA – Singapore – The emergence of large language models (LLM) like Anthropic's Mythos and, this week, OpenAI's GPT-5.5, has set the security... Source: darkreading.com

Importance:News

Scott Bessent Blasts Bernie Sanders For Hosting Chinese Scientists For Discussions On AI Threats: Like 'C

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized Sen. Bernie Sanders for hosting Chinese AI experts at a Capitol Hill safety forum. Source: benzinga.com

Importance:News

Tech: Republicans call out Sanders for AI event

Republicans are slamming Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for inviting two Chinese artificial intelligence researchers to Capitol Hill for an event on AI... Source: punchbowl.news

Importance:News

The AI safety movement needs normies

A broader base may be the only way for the AI safety field to get what it wants. Source: transformernews.ai