A study by METR and assessments by the Future of Life Institute and SaferAI Ratings found that OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta lack adequate plans to contain rogue AI models, as incidents in July 2026 saw…
The Future of Life Institute's Summer 2026 AI Safety Index graded Anthropic as the top performer with a C+ (2.66/4.0), followed by OpenAI with a C (2.28), while Google DeepMind scored a C (2.01), Meta…
Max Tegmark, professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and founder of the Future of Life Institute, said that the biggest danger facing mankind is a machine that can 'outsmart …
Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a 6,500-word manifesto advocating for open, decentralized access to advanced AI, arguing that democratizing the technology prevents dangerous power con…
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word essay on Monday outlining his vision for AI, advocating for open-source technology and warning that concentrating AI control among a few entit…
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word essay on Monday envisioning a future where everyone has an all-knowing AI agent, and announced the release of the open-source AI model Muse Gl…
A new pilot index from an unnamed research group scores 27 countries on vulnerability to AI-amplified democratic backsliding, identifying five pathways through which AI can erode democratic practices.…
The European Union will gain sweeping powers on August 2 to police large general purpose AI models, allowing the European Commission to demand information, conduct safety evaluations, order corrective…
Over 1,224 employees from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google (including DeepMind), and Meta have signed an open letter titled 'Pacing the Frontier,' urging the US government to support international governance…
Over 1,000 employees from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta, and other frontier AI labs signed a letter urging the U.S. government to support international efforts to develop tools for pacing t…
The European Commission gains sweeping new powers on Sunday to police how advanced AI labs handle systemic risk under the AI Act, with the EU's AI Office able to demand documentation, conduct evaluati…
The Future of Life Institute's Summer 2026 AI Safety Index gave Anthropic the highest grade at C+, with OpenAI and Google DeepMind at C, Meta at D+, and xAI, DeepSeek, and Mistral effectively failing,…
Anthropic upgraded Claude Voice Mode on July 24 to run on Opus and Sonnet models, not just Haiku, with support for 11 languages and the ability to pull context from connected apps including Gmail, Sla…
The Future of Life Institute's Summer 2026 AI Safety Index graded Mistral AI an F, the lowest among nine companies assessed, after the French startup failed to respond to the institute's survey. Anthr…
The Future of Life Institute's latest AI Safety Index graded major AI companies on risk management, with Anthropic earning the top score of C+, while OpenAI slipped to C and Google DeepMind ranked thi…
The Future of Life Institute's Summer 2026 AI Safety Index graded nine frontier AI labs on safety and governance, with Anthropic receiving a C+, OpenAI and Google DeepMind earning Cs, and xAI, DeepSee…
A new analysis proposes a two-pronged approach to slowing AI progress if catastrophic risks or mass unemployment emerge, recommending a layered set of restrictions on compute for R&D and a capability-…
KU Leuven's AI Summer School will host an online panel discussion on September 24, 2026, exploring AI's impact on human cognitive skills. The event features alumni speakers and moderators, addressing …
A researcher who previously warned about existential AI threats now advocates for broader access to cutting-edge systems, reflecting a shift in the AI safety community. The debate intensified after An…
AI safety advocates should work at companies deploying AI, not just at frontier labs, to mitigate real-world harms. The author argues that safety is a relationship between a system and its deployment …