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AI is advancing far faster than our annual report can track
Opinion: Yoshua Bengio, Stephen Clare and Carina Prunkl run through the rapid developments that necessitated an early update to their International AI…
Oct 15
18
The RAISE Act can stop the AI industry’s race to the bottom
Opinion: Assembly Member Alex Bores argues that regulation can prevent market pressure from encouraging the release of dangerous AI models, without…
Oct 9
1
AI is persuasive, but that’s not the real problem for democracy
Opinion: Felix M Simon argues that AI is unlikely to significantly shape election results in the near future, but warns that it could damage democracy…
Oct 1
3
How the UK can seize on Trump’s immigration mistakes
Opinion: The H-1B visa changes present a generational opportunity for the UK to scoop up AI talent, Julia Willemyns argues
Sep 25 • 
Julia Willemyns
Insurance might be the key to making AI secure
Opinion: Cristian Trout, Rajiv Dattani and Rune Kvist argue that insurance can help reward responsible development of AI.
Sep 24
3
Can open-weight models ever be safe?
Opinion: Bengüsu Özcan, Alex Petropoulos and Max Reddel argue that technical safeguards, societal preparedness, and new standards could make open-weight…
Sep 17
2
Why AI evals need to reflect the real world
Opinion: Rumman Chowdhury and Mala Kumar argue that we need better AI evaluations — and the infrastructure and investment to do them
Sep 10
10
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