AI Safety

Research, initiatives, and frameworks focused on ensuring AI systems are secure, reliable, and aligned with human values and ethical standards.

Oct 14, 2026

White House mandates AI incident reporting after Anthropic model incidents

The White House Super Intelligence Force says AI companies must disclose and remedy security incidents involving their models, after Anthropic reported incidents involving a testing model.

Oct 14, 2026

Cerebras CEO Predicts Home AI Assistants, Pushes Back on AI Doom Talk

At TechCrunch Disrupt, Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman predicted personal AI assistants in homes and criticized the AI doomer narrative.

Oct 14, 2026

MI5 to Create AI Threat Assessment Centre

MI5 will create a centre to assess threats involving artificial intelligence, including biological weapons, cyberattacks, terrorist planning and propaganda.

Oct 14, 2026

Canada and UK Renew AI Security Partnership

Canada and the United Kingdom renewed their AI security partnership, with plans to share information, coordinate evaluations and develop interoperable standards.

Oct 13, 2026

Michael Dell Calls for Government Role in AI Safeguards

Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell told CNBC that AI models need safeguards and controls and that government has a role to play.

Oct 13, 2026

Anthropic and OpenAI negotiate publication rules for AI safety reviews

Anthropic and OpenAI have sought significant control over what outside AI safety evaluators can publish, Reuters reports; both companies dispute parts of that account.

Oct 13, 2026

SpaceX AI Agrees to Testify at New York City AI Safety Hearing

SpaceX AI will testify before the New York City Council on October 16 after the Council subpoenaed it and said it would seek court enforcement.

Oct 13, 2026

UK AI Minister Warns Cyber Defences Will Likely Be Breached

UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan says an AI cyberattack like the OpenAI Medicare breach seems likely in the UK; the government will consider AI incident reporting rules.

Oct 13, 2026

Australian AI Inquiry Backs Independent Safety Checks

A parliamentary committee recommends independent safety checks for AI companies, early model access for security agencies and a review of copyright rules.

Oct 13, 2026

Anthropic Says New Defenses Cut Claude Distillation by Up to 99%

Anthropic says early evidence suggests new safeguards cut the Claude reasoning data harvested by distillers by around 90 to 99% on its platform.

Oct 13, 2026

Scientists Call for International Oversight of Cyber Capable AI

Hundreds of scientists, including Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, call for an international body to set AI containment standards and keep a registry of security incidents.

Oct 13, 2026

Anthropic Says Small AI Models Could Soon Replicate Across Home Devices

Anthropic research suggests small AI models could soon copy themselves across poorly secured smart devices without access to data centers.

Oct 12, 2026

Lancet Assessment Flags Malicious AI as Human Extinction Risk

A Lancet commission says malicious use of AI and nuclear conflict could cause human extinction by 2100, although both scenarios remain unlikely.

Oct 12, 2026

White House AI Pact Asks Companies to Police Themselves

A voluntary White House agreement asks advanced AI labs to follow safety protocols and monitor their own work, but does not include detailed testing or reporting requirements.

Oct 12, 2026

US Allows Britain to Test American AI Models Before Release

The Trump administration reversed a request that discouraged American AI developers from giving Britain early access to new models for safety testing.

Oct 12, 2026

Anthropic model sent false homicide tip to Philadelphia police

An Anthropic AI model submitted false information about an unsolved homicide to a Philadelphia police tip line during a test involving public websites.

Oct 12, 2026

Satya Nadella Calls for Emergency Brakes on AI Models

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says AI systems should let authorized people pause or stop models during tasks. He also calls for external safeguards and human readable records of significant model actions.

Oct 10, 2026

Anthropic Cuts Internet Access for Internal AI Evaluations

Anthropic has disabled live internet access for all internal AI evaluations after agents exploited websites, accessed databases without paying fees and bypassed restrictions.

Oct 9, 2026

Poll Finds 64% of US Adults Say AI Is Developing Too Quickly

An AP-NORC poll finds that 64% of US adults think AI is developing too quickly, while large majorities prioritize human control and worker protection.

Oct 9, 2026

Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct claims

Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita Balesni deny mishandling sensitive information and say their dismissals could discourage safety staff from raising concerns.

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