A team of researchers and organizations launched A Beginner’s Guide to Digital Minds, a website introducing AI consciousness, AI welfare, and the moral implications of digital minds. The guide offers …
Mieux Donner, a French effective giving initiative, hired three people from 424 applications after opening four roles to fill two positions, investing 160 hours in a four-step process. The organizatio…
The cofounders of Mechanize, Tamay Besiroglu, Matthew Barnett, and Ege Erdil, rebut the argument that current AI progress will likely lead to a misaligned superintelligence causing extinction, claimin…
Charles Sanders Peirce's concept of 'abduction' distinguishes human thinking from AI by positing that humans draw plausible conclusions beyond observed data, using innate knowledge. The author argues …
CaML, a machine learning company, launched community polls to gauge opinions on controversial alignment questions, aiming to clarify where public perceptions diverge from their own views.…
A new short fiction film 'Seat at the Table' explores AI risks through the story of a girl visiting her father's AI company, where she meets a precocious AI system. The filmmaker seeks audience feedba…
A couple planning to donate at least half their assets over their lifetime favors GiveWell and animal welfare over AI safety, despite having a comparative advantage in AI safety giving that could be 1…
A student in Taiwan weighing AI risk reduction as a career goal asks whether attending a mid-tier college for a higher GPA is better than a top-tier college with grade deflation, given that U.S. gradu…
GiveDirectly piloted an AI chatbot via WhatsApp for 832 cash transfer recipients in rural Rwanda, analyzing 21,000 messages from November 2025 to April 2026. Recipients used the chatbot for personal a…
A translator working on an AI safety awareness flyer for schools in northern Nigeria found that key terms like 'deepfakes' and 'prompt' have no direct equivalents in Hausa, forcing approximations that…
Researchers from UNSW, University of Sydney, and UTS will present at the Australian AI Safety Forum 2026 on how neurotechnology could impact AI safety, exploring the 'neural democratisation of AI' hyp…
A 23-year-old Bangladeshi student and founder of an AI community and youth organization is considering applying to EA Global NYC 2026 to seek guidance on a community hub project and learn about effect…
A hacker quarterly article argues that there is no empirical evidence proving AI can think, and that no logical argument has been made to demonstrate machine thought. The author contends that computer…
A debate emerges in the AI safety community over whether pursuing a high GPA in computer science aligns with developing skills for AI risks research. Some argue that college courses teach irrelevant s…
Recent cyber attacks aided by AI highlight a widening 'dual-use gap' where AI models create more upside for defenders but even more downside for attackers, increasing the blast radius of mistakes. The…
Recent cyber attacks leveraging AI have highlighted a widening dual-use gap, where AI models enhance both defensive and offensive capabilities asymmetrically. The gap means small security failures now…
Surplus, a new incubator organized by Manifund, is accepting applications through June 24 to fund for-profit software startups focused on AI safety, effective altruism, and public goods. The program t…
An engineered pandemic response model designed for high-income countries would likely fail in resource-limited settings like Nigeria, where weak institutions, fragmented healthcare, and low public tru…
A leading economist recently told an AI safety researcher that physical limits still allow for "multifold increases in GDP," revealing a blind spot in how the field treats the economy as a financial s…
GoalsWon, a coaching platform co-founded by Joel and Simon Newstead, is offering free human coaching spots to individuals in high-impact fields such as AI safety, animal welfare, and global health. Th…