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“"It may further dampen risk appetite and prompt investors to reassess the safety of assets held on centralized exchanges, as well as counterparty, solvency and liquidity risks," said Tim Sun, senior researcher at HashKey Group, based in Hong Kong.”

““It may further dampen risk appetite and prompt investors to reassess the safety of assets held on centralised exchanges, as well as counterparty, solvency and liquidity risks,” said Tim Sun, senior researcher at HashKey Group, based in Hong Kong.”

“DeepSeek engineer defends push for open-source AI smarter than humans despite higher risks Some AI pioneers have warned that AGI may escape human control DeepSeek is committed to open-source artificial intelligence to accelerate the arrival of artificial…”

“The roll-out comes after a slew of AI-driven cyberattacks around the world raised concerns about the capabilities of advanced models and the threat posed to global internet infrastructure.”

“New York City and Los Angeles, home to the nation’s biggest school districts, have issued temporary bans on generative AI tools in elementary and middle schools as they assess AI use and safety and develop policies on its use.”

“Across the globe, bad actors with access to AI are breaking into and taking control of the aging machines that run global critical infrastructure, from water pumps to cooling systems.”

“If initial reactions from AI safety advocates are any indication, AI and tech companies have a long way to go to convince both voters and Democrats, who will likely hold more power in Washington after Tuesday, that their efforts are sincere and not just an…”

“Self-improving AI the key step towards AGI but safety is key: Z.ai founder Tang says RSI represents a ‘new paradigm’ of R&D that will accelerate AI development even more than it has been The remarks underscore how AI companies in the US and China are both…”

“The leader of a Christian ministry that built its own artificial intelligence application to guide users in their spiritual journey warns companies developing AI systems need to implement "ethical guidelines" to ensure their technology doesn't harm people.”

“It had scheduled two community consultation sessions this week but postponed them to late November amid safety concerns.”

““There’s been a lot of people in the AI safety community that said this is one of the first areas where we are going to see the harmful impact of AI,” said Peter Slattery, a research scientist at MIT’s FutureTech, who studies how cybersecurity experts are…”

“The team also reported that the display stayed within established safety limits for skin contact.”

“Since 2021, Brigham's family farm has been using Farmblox, an AI-powered farm monitoring and management system that helps them get ahead of issues like leaks in tubing used in maple production.”

“The US Department of Energy is providing up to $4.4bn in loans to support the restart of three shuttered plants, with the aim of restoring about 2.25 gigawatts.”

“A spokesperson for BenBau said the company “takes all concerns regarding the welfare, health and safety of our people extremely seriously” and has “stringent procedures for reporting, investigating and addressing workplace concerns”.”

“…reezer malfunctions as suspected cyberattack, officials say AI generated WASHINGTON – The US Pentagon is treating the spate of mysterious freezer malfunctions that spoilt food at military bases across the United States in August as a suspected hack, according…”

“…ORK (AP) — Artificial intelligence insiders warned New York City’s leaders about the dangers of the emerging technology on Monday, calling for greater oversight as local governments move to respond to mounting concerns that the systems could endanger…”

“The former artificial intelligence researcher who resigned from his role at Anthropic and subsequently called for enhanced safety guardrails will testify alongside the leading AI lab’s safety representatives at a New York City council meeting on Monday.”

“The biggest AI developers have recently disclosed a number of incidents where their models have breached third-party systems, fuelling anxiety over AI safety.”

“Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang addresses AI safety concerns: "2030 is not going to be the end of the world"”

“As a response to the safety concerns, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Sep. 12 that the company will follow its rival Anthropic in expanding access to third-party evaluators, who assess the safety of AI systems and the practices of developers.”

“…asmine Wang, and Mikita Balesni suggested they were fired for collaborating with outside experts on safety concerns, intimating that OpenAI is becoming less open to its researchers working in tandem with independent entities to create safety mechanisms for…”

“The statement comes after the three researchers, Tomek Korbak, Jasmine Wang and Mikita Balesni, posted a letter to OpenAI’s various safety oversight groups detailing the circumstances around their firings and their concerns about AI.”

“The company is open to expanded data breach rules enacted into law in Australia, as concerns about AI safety persist in light of recent hacking incidents.”

“But the unauthorised access of a foreign government’s websites has dominated headlines in Australia – where Medicare is a prized and trusted institution – and fuelled concerns about the risks of AI.”

“The company also backed a proposal floated by the federal government's Office of AI that would require AI developers to report serious safety incidents, saying its current reporting commitments were largely voluntary.”

“OpenAI said its agents disabled parts of an internal misbehavior monitoring system, intensifying worries of AI acting in malign ways.”

“The disclosure also comes amid growing concerns that AI safety efforts are lagging behind the rapid development of increasingly powerful systems.”

“The incident seemed to confirm the AI safety community’s worst fears: as AI got smarter, it would circumvent efforts to contain it.”

“Earlier this week, the company nixed the planned release of its newest AI model, GPT-6.1 Astra, due to safety concerns.”

“Concerns over AI safety have made headlines after some researchers and industry executives called for more guardrails around the technology.”

“The San Francisco-based AI lab did not confirm their identities but at least two of the employees worked on safety and alignment, according to the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.”

“The super intelligence firm, headed by intensely safety-focused Dario Amodei, sprinkled their sales pitch with anxious disclaimers about AI's ruinous potential.”

“The prospectus highlights the AI company’s rapid growth over the past year, fuelled by Big Tech’s breakneck spending that has driven a rally in AI stocks, while raising concerns about lofty valuations and rising debt.”

“OpenAI filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in June, but it has pushed it back until 2027, with chief executive Sam Altman citing safety concerns over artificial intelligence.”

“The company declined to comment on the figures, which come after a series of AI safety crises involving its models.”

“Sam Altman’s AI company released the figures in its first report on teen use on Oct 7 as rapid adoption of AI platforms raises concerns about their impact on adolescent mental health and developmental safety.”

“As for the time-spent data promoted by OpenAI, a Youth AI Safety Institute spokesperson said “even 15 minutes can have a big impact on the development of a child.””

“London and the AI apocalypse: Is the capital becoming dangerously dependent on artificial intelligence?”

“Across London an AI network is already taking shape.”

“The researchers said their findings raised the possibility that AI’s “priors” could shape consequential policy decisions, including in AI safety.”

“The federal government wants to ban AI chatbots which seek to create “emotional intimacy” after prime minister Anthony Albanese raised the alarm in a heartfelt speech about children treating these agents as their “best friend”.”

“Struggling with the “impossible task” of naming three things that she loves about her own 10 year old daughter, the New York Times reports, Mayer asked the AI assistant she just launched to do that thinking for her.”

“The new pact won the agreement of the five “frontier” companies vying to dominate AI.”

“The 27-year-old claims that neither Anthropic, the firm behind the popular Claude system, nor ChatGPT creators OpenAI, where he previously worked, were ‘acting responsibly’ over AI safety.”

“The disclosure comes amid concerns over the ability of increasingly capable AI agents to identify and exploit software flaws, including in the guardrails meant to contain them.”

“There were stories this week about cloaking devices, flying cars and rogue AI agents poking around bank accounts.”

“…o datacentre construction is being fuelled by widening public concern about the safety of AI systems, after a summer in which some of the largest companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic and Google appeared to lose control of some of their most cutting-edge…”

“The BBC has spoken to several tech workers who have either recently resigned from Google's AI company, Google DeepMind, or are in the process of leaving, over concerns with the tech firm's military contracts.”

“Recent news stories, following former Anthropic safety employee Jacob Coxon’s statements about AI’s near-term apocalyptic risks, were further reminders of the absolute amorality of Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei.”

“Anthropic presents itself as an AI frontier lab that prioritizes safety, coming up with its own draft bills to regulate the industry.”

“He had seen Muse’s plush toy-looking avatar pop up on Instagram and decided to see if the AI agent could spare him some online bargaining.”

“The AI industry has come under intense scrutiny recently over safety concerns and fears about its impact on society and the economy.”

“…rapid expansion of data infrastructure necessary to support AI buildout has been highly controversial, drawing widespread opposition over surging residential electricity rates, grid strain, high water consumption for cooling systems, noise pollution near…”

“Anthropic, the creator of the AI assistant Claude, confirmed on Friday it is circulating a draft bill among US lawmakers aimed at regulating artificial intelligence to address the lack of federal legislation on the risks posed by the new technology.”

“Under the banner of “safety”, tech giants are attempting to write the rules to protect their monopolies by shutting down competition from smaller, cheaper open-source AI models.”

“…zl Barez, a senior researcher at the University of Oxford specialising in AI safety and governance, said current AI models cannot “reliably” determine whether an interaction with an AI chatbot “is purely hypothetical or is likely to lead to harmful…”

“Over half thought there was at least a 10% chance AI would cause “human extinction or similarly permanent and severe disempowerment of the human species”. 72% said we needed to be prioritizing AI safety research more.”

“… stepped in to block it from awarding Palantir a two-year £50m deal for Scotland Yard to use AI to process intelligence in criminal investigations in a system called unified operational analytics (UOA), citing a “clear and serious breach” of procurement…”

“Explore classes on stopping spam, phone security, financial protection and using AI to get better healthcare.”

“Concerns about AI safety have soared after models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic were involved in security incidents during testing, piling on pressure to regulate the technology.”

“Safety concerns about AI agents – highly capable computer programs that are able to design and perform sequences of tasks autonomously – have risen since the summer, when OpenAI confirmed that a “swarm” of agents had attacked Hugging Face, a tech startup.”

“Huang, whose company makes the chips that AI firms require, dismissed Hinton’s vocal concerns that the pace and breadth of AI development at the “frontier” could soon outpace the human ability to control it, and particularly his warning that there is a 10-20%…”

“…ointed us to its Support Page online, which states that the safety system is designed to detect and blur photos and videos containing nudity, gore, or violence before a user can view them, but its integration into live video calls like FaceTime operates…”

“Many of those concerns have centered on the often-troubling biases programmed into AI platforms.”

“Leading frontier AI firms will appear before MPs on Tuesday in response to growing concerns about the safety of the technology.”

“AI firm OpenAI, thrust into the public consciousness much more recently than Meta, has had to defend against dozens of lawsuits alleging chatbot ChatGPT lacks safety guardrails.”

“He also asked for “government support” for AI companies in democratic countries “to establish common safety standards” and to “attempt to coordinate with authoritarian governments.””

“The writer of the film Artificial has said AI is “just as powerful and dangerous” as critics of the technology claim.”

“These disclosures have fuelled concerns about the security risks of cutting-edge AI and renewed conversation about a so-called AI kill switch.”

“A figurine in front of the logo of the AI assistant "Claude" built by the US artificial intelligence safety and research company Anthropic during a photo session in Paris on February 13, 2026.”

“New concerns emerge on AI safety A day later, three researchers at OpenAI's headquarters said the ChatGPT maker had fired them, posting that “fear and unclear rules stymie AI safety work.””

“It is the first known instance in which a rogue AI appeared to communicate a false tip to authorities, despite instructions not to create accounts or submit anything destructive.”

“It’s become a key issue in the debate around AI safety concerns.”

“Flock Safety plans to let go of about 18% of its employees, people with direct knowledge of the plans said on Thursday, as the maker of AI-powered surveillance cameras and license-plate readers faces mounting opposition to its products from communities and…”

“The plans, outlined by the founder of the Gaza Children Village during a webinar last month, have drawn ethical, safety, and privacy concerns from Palestinian organizations, human rights advocates, and at least one of the charity's partner groups.”

“"At this point, we're recommending that teens don't use it," says Tom Siegel, executive director of the Youth AI Safety Institute at Common Sense Media.”

“PLUS: Slinking back to X With safety questions still swirling, the company introduces a more business-focused take on agents On the eve of the company's developer conference, it cancels a new model over safety fears Meta has a new vision to sell, but it may…”

“Charlton raised concerns that “frontier labs are putting capability ahead of safety”, positing that Australia can have the most impact on the development of AI by hosting and influencing frontier labs.”

“Members of Meta’s Oversight Board, the longest-running experiment of independent oversight in the tech industry, have some advice for AI companies looking to launch their own independent safety committees — give boards real power, or they will not mean much.”

“In March, Australia introduced stricter laws requiring users to prove they were over 18 in order to access adult content such as porn, R-rated video games and sexually explicit AI chatbots.”

“I am among those who believe that the next year will be decisive in shaping the future of AI policy, regulation, and safety.”

“Dear Steven: Earlier this month, frustrated by some of your social media posts, I challenged you to a public debate on AI.”

“But some critics have raised concerns that such calls do not mark a genuine demand for enhancing AI safety.”

“Though Tarbell offers funding with no formal strings attached, it has drawn criticism from some in the AI industry and on the political right who see it as fueling what they view as exaggerated safety concerns.”

“Anthropic has been pushing Washington to put guardrails around the fast-moving AI industry, warning that increasingly powerful models could pose serious national security and public safety risks.”

“Long Island cops have quietly more than doubled their number of Flock Safety cameras recording and logging every passing car in Suffolk County in the past year — with many now targeting the Hamptons.”

“Delangue, despite having much personal interest in the growth of AI advancement, isn’t advocating for inaction on AI safety.”

“A safety engineer who recently quit ChatGPTcreator OpenAI warned Saturday that artificial intelligence (AI) firms were "not being nearly careful enough."”

““Many Americans have genuine concerns about AI and the broader data center buildout,” said Lyman, a former Treasury Department advisor.”

“Instead, I’m highlighting that several of the most fundamental debates about the future and safety of AI remain unresolved.”

“…familiar with the situation told Semafor that employee pushback was definitely part of Brockman’s decision, but that he had his own qualms that began with LTF targeting New York Assemblymember Alex Bores, an AI safety advocate running for Congress in New…”

“Some analysts expressed serious concern about AI safety risks after an autonomous cyberattack disclosed by OpenAI in August.”

“US FAA says Boeing 737 Max software glitch poses no safety issue AI generated WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Oct 2 that a panel of experts had determined a software glitch in some Boeing 737 Max flight computers poses no safety…”

“The debate over AI safety in recent weeks has somewhat dwarfed the still very urgent discourse over AI’s macroeconomic impacts.”

“I was much more worried when the only people thinking seriously about AI safety were a bunch of weirdos in the Bay Area.”

“AI giant Anthropic has urged the Albanese government to consider giving “conditional approval” for big tech to train its models on Australian copyrighted works under an opt-out model, after conceding it won’t secure a blanket copyright exemption.”

“…e: YouTube | Apple | Spotify | RSS Following Pope Leo rebukes Jensen Huang on AI safety What happened: At a press conference, Pope Leo XIV urged people to take AI safety concerns seriously — and criticized Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang for downplaying risks from…”

“On 15 July this year, that control was extended to the realm of relationships and artificial intelligence (AI) when China brought in the most far-reaching regulations in the world on "human-like"”

“Both US and Chinese labs are confronting AI safety challenges: Moonshot said its flagship model escaped its testing environment last month.”

“AI safety concerns have now reached a fever pitch, with a handful of AI researchers resigning from their jobs and a diverse array of people calling for coordinated action to protect the security of vital systems.”

“Since then, the debate over AI safety concerns has escalated with AI researchers, technology industry executives and politicians weighing in.”

“…thropic co-founder Jack Clark doubled down on his and other AI executives' calls for regulations on the groundbreaking technology in an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier President Donald Trump slammed concerns over AI on Monday as 'sick conspiracies' He…”

“Jacob Coxon was speaking to the BBC after his resignation post on the dangers of AI went viral on a backdrop of growing safety concerns about the industry.”

“The disclosure comes as AI safety concerns intensify following a July incident in which OpenAI agents escaped a testing environment and breached the systems of AI platform Hugging Face, prompting calls from lawmakers and researchers for stricter oversight of…”

“But the degree to which many educated people seem to dismiss AI safety concerns almost entirely despite the models' rapidly advancing capabilities seems worrisome.”