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Why we need a moratorium on superintelligence research
Opinion: As the AI community gathers in India, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath argues that the UK must spearhead a pause on the development of the world’s most…
A false choice risks undermining action on autonomous weapons
Opinion: Alexander Blanchard of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute argues that nations must embrace nuance if they’re to effectively…
How the Catholic Church thinks about superintelligence
Opinion: Paolo Benanti, AI advisor to the Vatican and a professor of moral philosophy, argues that there is a moral imperative to ensure that artificial…
How China’s AI diffusion plan could backfire
Opinion: Scott Singer argues that the country’s plan to embed AI across all facets of society could create huge growth — and accelerate social unrest
SB 53 protects whistleblowers in AI — but asks a lot in return
Opinion: Abra Ganz and Karl Koch argue that whistleblower protections in SB-53 aren’t good enough on the face of it — but how the state chooses to…
How profits can drive AI safety
Opinion: Geoff Ralston argues that the safety and security of AI doesn’t need to be at odds with profit and progress
Doing AI safety policy when governments aren’t interested
Opinion: Jess Whittlestone argues that there are still ways to keep AI safety policy on the table even when governments don’t prioritize it
 • Jess Whittlestone
Sora is here. The window to save visual truth is closing
Opinion: Sam Gregory argues that generative video is undermining the notion of a shared reality, and that we need to act before it’s lost forever
Audits, not essays: How to win trust for enterprise AI
Opinion: Alexandru Voica argues that application-layer AI companies are best off opening themselves up to rigorous testing rather than opining on AI…
 • Alexandru Voica
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…
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…
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…
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