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Protests as Paris AI Summit abandons focus on tackling risks
Keir Starmer downplays AI’s existential risk in new action plan
New OpenAI model tries to avoid being shut down by humans, lies about it
Americans overwhelmingly favour AI safety testing over competition with China
Why PauseAI protesters are demanding a treaty on AI

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Protests as Paris AI Summit abandons focus on tackling risks

EditorialTeam February 15, 2025
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Keir Starmer downplays AI’s existential risk in new action plan

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New OpenAI model tries to avoid being shut down by humans, lies about it

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76% of Americans think torturing ‘sentient AI’ is wrong
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76% of Americans think torturing ‘sentient AI’ is wrong

July 20, 2024January 16, 2025

Most Americans would care about the welfare of sentient artificial intelligences, and support a ban on the development of both…

Protests as Paris AI Summit abandons focus on tackling risks
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Protests as Paris AI Summit abandons focus on tackling risks

February 15, 2025February 15, 2025

Protesters around the world urged attendees of the Paris AI Summit to continue previous summits’ focus on AI safety. PauseAI,…

Keir Starmer downplays AI’s existential risk in new action plan
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Keir Starmer downplays AI’s existential risk in new action plan

January 13, 2025January 16, 2025

In a speech announcing the government’s new AI Opportunities Action Plan, the Prime Minister described some of the reaction to…

New OpenAI model tries to avoid being shut down by humans, lies about it
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New OpenAI model tries to avoid being shut down by humans, lies about it

December 5, 2024December 5, 2024

Alarming research has revealed OpenAI’s new model will attempt to make copies of itsef and deactivate the ‘oversight mechanism’ when…

Americans overwhelmingly favour AI safety testing over competition with China
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Americans overwhelmingly favour AI safety testing over competition with China

December 1, 2024December 12, 2024

A recent poll has revealed that 73% of Americans believe the safety testing of AI models is more important than…

Why PauseAI protesters are demanding a treaty on AI
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Why PauseAI protesters are demanding a treaty on AI

November 22, 2024November 23, 2024

On a freezing cold November night in London, a dozen or so protesters stand outside the UK Foreign Office. They’re…

Stanislav Petrov saved the world from nuclear disaster 41 years ago today
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Stanislav Petrov saved the world from nuclear disaster 41 years ago today

September 26, 2024September 26, 2024

During the height of the cold war, the actions of one Soviet military officer were all that stood between peace,…

Support continues to flood in for SB 1047
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Support continues to flood in for SB 1047

September 25, 2024September 25, 2024

SB 1047, a Californian AI safety bill, has gained the approval of hundreds of influential actors, musicians, writers, and polticians.…

The Montreal Protocol: How humanity united to save the ozone layer
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The Montreal Protocol: How humanity united to save the ozone layer

September 16, 2024September 13, 2024

In the 1970s, Mexican Mario Molina and American F. Sherwood Rowland began to study the effect of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) on…

Time 100 AI list contains at least 5 people who quit OpenAI due to safety concerns
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Time 100 AI list contains at least 5 people who quit OpenAI due to safety concerns

September 9, 2024January 16, 2025

Time has released its 2024 100 Most Influential People in AI list, and it features no fewer than five people…

Beijing launches Institute of AI Safety and Governance
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Beijing launches Institute of AI Safety and Governance

September 4, 2024September 8, 2024

Yi Zeng, a member of the UN Advisory Body on AI, has announced the formation of the Beijing Institute of…

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