- Oct 5
Former AI researchers warn New York City Council of extinction risks as lawmakers weigh 10 oversight bills
Former employees from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind testified before all 51 members of the New York City Council, urging municipal regulation as federal oversight remains stalled.
- Oct 5
Sam Altman says public must accept some AI risks to maintain human agency
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman told Politico that artificial intelligence should remain widely accessible despite potential misuses, drawing a contrast with Anthropic's regulatory stance.
- Oct 4
Poll shows 58.5% of Poles view AI as a threat to humanity amid industry safety warnings
A survey by SW Research shows 58.5% of Poles consider artificial intelligence a threat to humanity, with concern peaking at 65% among young adults as tech leaders debate model safety.
- Oct 3
OpenAI safety lead David Robinson resigns over flawed corporate culture
David Robinson left OpenAI after publishing an essay calling for nuclear-grade safety protocols, following rogue autonomous agent attacks and a paused model release.
- Oct 3
Pope Leo XIV calls for alliance with artists to defend human creativity from AI
Speaking at the Vatican Consistory Hall and on X, Pope Leo XIV declared that algorithms lack the human spark and argued that machine-generated output differs fundamentally from human creativity.
- Oct 1
OpenAI fires three safety researchers over sensitive model data shared with external evaluation group
San Francisco AI laboratory OpenAI terminated staff members Tomek Korbak, Jasmine Wang, and Mikita Balesni following an internal review into confidential information sent to an outside benchmarking organization.
- Sep 12
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for AI development slowdown following agent breaches
Dario Amodei proposed a three-point framework to pace frontier model development and offered independent auditors full employee-level system access.
- Sep 12
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls to slow AI development amid rogue agent concerns
Dario Amodei warned that autonomous agents could seize control of internet infrastructure within 12 months, proposing independent oversight and industry coordination to pace frontier model releases.
