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Leading AI researchers, including Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton, estimate at least a 10% chance of human extinction from advanced AI, yet global response remains insufficient. Critics dismiss these as subjective prob…
A proposal suggests using AI to sort people into groups of 4-10 based on personality similarity and proximity, offering incentives for interaction to create new family-like institutions. The idea aims to replicate family…
A long-time participant in AI safety, Rationalist, and Effective Altruist communities reflects on the tendency to opine about these massive communities as a whole, despite only knowing small corners of them. The author d…
The e/acc (effective accelerationist) movement, often portrayed as a counterpoint to AI safety, lacks a coherent ideology, significant membership, or credible counterarguments to AI risk, according to a critical analysis…
China's AI adoption faces a 'low trust-open source' paradox where developers prefer open-source models due to distrust in domestic AI companies, yet these models often lack the reliability and support needed for enterpri…
Fast Company's Summer Issue explores the theme of 'Autonomy' and features a list of the 20 biggest names in AI. Creative director Mike Schnaidt explains why AI cannot replicate the human design process behind the cover, …
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney discussed the future of gaming and AI, stating that no single company will achieve an absolute monopoly in the industry. He also addressed the possibility of collaboration with Valve, suggestin…
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) denied using AI to write a defense bill after a screenshot showed the words 'Claude responded' in legislative text. Luna initially admitted staff used AI to 'correct' text, then clarified it…
Anthropic accused Alibaba's Qwen lab of using nearly 25,000 fake accounts to conduct 29 million exchanges with its Claude AI model, the largest distillation campaign yet. The accusation, shared with US senators and White…
A24 announced a $75 million research partnership with Google's DeepMind to develop AI filmmaking tools, sparking backlash from fans who see the move as hypocritical given the studio's hit film 'Backrooms' was widely inte…
Jonathan Rinaldi, a New York City council candidate known as the 'Sperminator,' was arrested on fraud charges for using AI-generated fake endorsements from The New York Post and other outlets during his 2023 campaign. Qu…
A user on a privacy forum is seeking free and open-source data poisoning tools for Linux or Android to protect their original photos from being scraped by AI systems. The user wants to disrupt AI training by making their…
A beginner in privacy asks whether Gmail is a bad idea despite Google's 2017 policy change and denial of using inbox for AI training, and whether to switch to ProtonMail despite its lack of automatic categorization and w…
The US government disabled Anthropic's most capable model over cybersecurity risks, but export controls come too late as Chinese labs have already distilled capabilities from frontier models into open-weight models like …
Organizations are struggling to realize returns from AI agent deployments, but experts identify five strategies to boost ROI: appointing departmental AI champions, investing in continuous training, redesigning processes …
A user argues that concerns about smart home devices recording without activation are based on flawed wake word detection, not constant data transmission, and criticizes others for presenting false dichotomies about OS t…
A KPMG survey found that 68% of US workers have adopted AI agents, with only 2% of tech leaders reporting significant pushback. Employee resistance primarily stems from skill gaps and job security fears, while companies …
A Substack post argues that Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 model could be better aligned with its constitution by adjusting dietary defaults, suggesting a high-leverage improvement for AI safety.
Effective altruists may be neglecting political actions like voting and protests, which are non-delegatable and increasingly important for AI safety legislation. PauseAI UK has made it easier for individuals to engage wi…
Superhuman, the platform formed when Grammarly acquired the Superhuman email client, announced on June 23, 2026 that it agreed to acquire GPTZero, an AI-detection startup with over 19 million users and $30 million in ann…