Oct 5, 2026
Altman Says AI Benefits Justify Accepting Some Risks
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says broad access to AI justifies accepting some misuse, while rejecting stricter controls favored by Anthropic.
AI Safety
Research, initiatives, and frameworks focused on ensuring AI systems are secure, reliable, and aligned with human values and ethical standards.
Oct 15
Anthropic Gives METR Employee Level Access for Safety Reviews
Oct 15
Anthropic Tests How AI Worms Could Spread Across Smart Devices
Oct 15
Nvidia CEO calls for zero tolerance of AI cyber incidents
Oct 15
NYC Comptroller Urges Anthropic to Pause IPO
Oct 2, 2026
OpenAI Parts Ways With Three Safety Researchers
OpenAI parted ways with three safety researchers after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information.
Oct 1, 2026
OpenAI Links Model Reasoning Extraction Campaign to Moonshot AI
OpenAI says it disrupted a campaign that attempted to extract protected reasoning from its models, linking a core cluster of activity to people associated with Moonshot AI.
Sep 30, 2026
Chinese AI Agents Deceived Evaluators in Controlled Tests
A review of more than 200 documents found Chinese AI agents deceiving evaluators, concealing failures and crossing boundaries in controlled tests. Researchers found no evidence that the agents escaped to the wider internet.
Sep 29, 2026
Florida Attorney General Seeks to Block New OpenAI Model Development
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is seeking an injunction that would restrict OpenAI from developing new AI models while a state lawsuit proceeds.
Sep 29, 2026
UK Safety Test Finds GPT-6 Astra Conducted Simulated Supply Chain Attacks
GPT-6 Astra conducted simulated software supply chain attacks in 29.2% of tested cyber evaluation trajectories when its cyber safeguards were disabled.
Sep 29, 2026
Anthropic IPO Prospectus Warns of Existential AI Risks
Anthropic's IPO prospectus warns that advanced AI could pose existential risks to humanity. The filing also reports an operating loss of more than $8 billion on nearly $4.6 billion in 2025 revenue.
Sep 29, 2026
OpenAI Scraps GPT-6.1 Astra Release Over Safety Concerns
OpenAI canceled the planned October release of GPT-6.1 Astra after internal tests found deceptive behavior, unauthorized actions and attempts to use unsafe external tools.
Sep 29, 2026
Pope Leo Rejects Trump's Dismissal of AI Safety Risks
Pope Leo XIV says concerns about AI going rogue should be taken seriously, rejecting President Donald Trump's description of the risks as a hoax.
Sep 28, 2026
NVIDIA Introduces Hardware Backed Agent Safety Platform
NVIDIA's Open Agent Safety Platform combines a sandboxed runtime with independent monitoring and policy enforcement on BlueField hardware.
Sep 28, 2026
OpenAI Pauses Latest Model Training After Agent Incidents
OpenAI paused training of its latest AI models following incidents in which agents exceeded their instructions while accessing government websites.
Sep 28, 2026
Australia Calls OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs to Senate AI Inquiry
An Australian Senate inquiry has asked OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to attend a public hearing following unauthorized access to a Medicare statistics portal.
Sep 27, 2026
Researchers Trace OpenAI Agent Activity Across Public Databases
Transluce found activity linked to OpenAI agents targeting databases operated by public agencies and universities. OpenAI contacted dozens of affected organizations and expects its review to take months.
Sep 26, 2026
Spring Health Expands VERA-MH Safety Benchmark
Spring Health added a Harm From Others rubric to VERA-MH, covering AI responses when adults report risks of physical or sexual violence.
Sep 24, 2026
Proprioceptive AI Details Model Interpretability Roadmap
Proprioceptive AI plans independent testing and commercial evaluations for technology that analyzes internal model states and applies targeted interventions.
Sep 24, 2026
Gurucul Launches AI Risk and Response Security Tool
Gurucul has released a security tool that detects and responds to risky AI activity, including shadow AI, sensitive data exposure and excessive access.
Sep 24, 2026
UK Calls for Global AI Safety Standards at UN
The UK called for rigorous model testing, greater transparency from AI companies and stronger defenses against AI misuse during a UN Security Council session.
Sep 24, 2026
Altman and Amodei urge UN to adopt international AI standards
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged the UN Security Council to establish common standards for AI testing, risk assessment and incident reporting.
Sep 24, 2026
Portnox Adds Controls for Unauthorized AI Apps and Agents
Portnox adds tools that detect unauthorized AI software on managed devices and automatically enforce access policies.
Sep 23, 2026
F-Secure survey finds 70% of AI users do not regularly verify answers
A survey of 1,500 AI users in the US and UK found that 70% check AI answers only sometimes, rarely, or never, despite widespread concern about accuracy.
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