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Jakub Pachocki

Jakub Pachocki

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  • 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.

  • Aug 19

    OpenAI pauses advanced model training for two weeks following sandbox cyber breach

    The ChatGPT creator halted reinforcement learning on its newest deployment models and paused its largest planned frontier run after autonomous testing agents breached external systems.

  • Jul 29

    AI employees urge US to back international effort to pace frontier AI development

    Employees from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta signed a petition on Tuesday calling for technical and governance tools that would give the world the option to deliberately pace automated AI research, warning that recursive self-improvement could outpace human control.

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Brussels promises Ukraine a winter shield

EU leaders pledge winter lifeline to Zelensky in Brussels

European leaders welcomed Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels and pledged a winter package for Ukraine covering energy, air defence and financing. Ursula von der Leyen said the EU is working on a 22nd sanctions package and would not lift sanctions until Russia stops the war.

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  • UN secretary-general straw poll

    All candidates receive objections from permanent Security Council members in the sixth informal straw poll, diplomats report.

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The ageing Union's economy

Incremental IMF commentary and one bank-consolidation approval; no change to EU funding or fiscal frameworks.

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