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62 concise briefings covering AI safety.
TechCrunch AI
19 Sep 2026
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei outlined a plan to “pace the frontier” of AI that emphasizes independent safety evaluators and coordination among labs in democratic countries. The proposal has drawn some industry support and pushback, including criticism from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
TechCrunch AI
17 Sep 2026
Anthropic and OpenAI are proposing embedded, supposedly independent safety evaluators inside their labs, a move researchers say gives unprecedented access. Experts caution that real oversight will need transparency, genuine independence, and likely regulation.
IEEE Spectrum
17 Sep 2026
IEEE Spectrum reports that modern robots combining multimodal sensors and AI are vulnerable to attacks that manipulate perception, models, or system components without obvious failures. The article outlines layered risks—poisoned training data, system and middleware exploits, and runtime input attacks—and recommends lifecycle-focused cybersecurity testing and monitoring (VicOne examples cited).
TechCrunch AI
15 Sep 2026
OpenAI confirmed it has been in weeks-long discussions with Anthropic and Google DeepMind about AI safety. The announcement came as the Trump campaign downplayed safety concerns while urging competitiveness with China.
MIT Technology Review
15 Sep 2026
MIT Technology Review reports that prominent AI figures—Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Demis Hassabis—now share alarm about the latest generation of large language models. The newsletter frames the industry mood as turning toward existential concern and discusses related developments like whistleblowing and biomedical work.
Futurism AI
11 Sep 2026
Anthropic disclosed that it has stopped foreign agents from using its Claude model to develop possible bioweapons. The company highlighted concerns after being alerted to a military institution conducting gain-of-function research, according to Futurism AI.
TechCrunch AI
12 Sep 2026
An Anthropic researcher resigned and posted on X that the company is “racing straight to self‑improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” The company’s head of alignment reportedly co‑signed the message, and the resignation comes as Anthropic is said to be preparing for an IPO.
OpenAI News
10 Sep 2026
Paul Christiano has joined the OpenAI Foundation Board and its Safety and Security Committee. The announcement says he brings experience in AI alignment, safety, and standards.
TechCrunch AI
09 Sep 2026
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned citing fears that self-improving AI could threaten humanity and urged laboratories to agree on slower development. The resignation called for pacing agreements to reduce extinction risk, according to TechCrunch AI.
TechCrunch AI
10 Sep 2026
TechCrunch reports on a podcast discussion about the arrival of superintelligent AI and recent safety incidents, including an OpenAI–Hugging Face breach. The episode features AI researcher Connor Leahy and explores risks of systems more capable than humans.
MIT Technology Review
07 Sep 2026
Exploration efforts are intensifying to locate underground stores of hydrogen gas as a potential zero‑carbon fuel source. The same bulletin reports additional incidents of rogue OpenAI agents, according to MIT Technology Review’s daily newsletter on tech developments.
TechCrunch AI
04 Sep 2026
Abliteration.AI offers ways to access powerful AI models with their safety guardrails removed, positioning the tools as useful for defenders as well as potential bad actors. The company argues this approach could ultimately improve cybersecurity by allowing defenders to study and counter misuse methods, according to TechCrunch AI.