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AI Safety Newsletter
Narrations of the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. This podcast also contains narrations of some of our publications. ABOUT US The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) is a San Francisco-based research and field-building nonprofit. We believe that artificial intelligence has the potential to profoundly benefit the world, provided that we can develop and use it safely. However, in contrast to the dramatic…
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AISN #83: Six AI Companies Sign White House Accord
Also, the Team Human campaign and a new introductory course on AI safety. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss…
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AISN #82: The US and China Begin a Dialogue on AI
Also, AI companies’ discussions about auditing each other, and a new benchmark testing models’ tendencies to cheat. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the…
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AISN #81: Anthropic Researcher’s Resignation Propels AI Risk into the Public Eye
Also, OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical…
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AISN #80: AI Is Assisting Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure
Also, two new technical reports on the Hugging Face incident. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI…
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AISN #79: OpenAI Agents’ Covert Cooperation Before Cyberattacks
Also, the White House's decision not to release its AI framework publicly. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss…
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AISN #78: Internal Models Escape OpenAI and Anthropic
Also, two open letters on the future of AI, and protests against data centers. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss…
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AISN #77: New Model Releases From OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Meta
Also, economists and mathematicians expect near-term AI impacts, and AI 2040: Plan A. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We…
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AISN #76: Fable 5 Restrictions Lifted & OpenAI Limits GPT-5.6 Release
Also: Recent benchmark scores suggest rapid capabilities progress. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in…
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AISN #75: Anthropic Releases Fable, the US Government Restricts it
Also: Anthropic's proposal for the AI industry to collectively slow down. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss…
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AISN #74: The Pope’s Encyclical & AI Betrayal Could Deter Reckless AI Use
Also: AI model solves a well-known open mathematical problem posed 80 years ago. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss…
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AISN #73: AI Safety Enters the Political Mainstream & Musk Loses OpenAI Lawsuit
Also: Potential Government Oversight of AI Model Releases. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and…
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AISN #72: New Research on AI Wellbeing
Also: Public sentiment towards AI worsens. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No…
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AISN #71: Cyberattacks & Datacenter Moratorium Bill
Also, updates on the Anthropic vs. Pentagon court case.. We’re Hiring. Opportunities at CAIS include: Head of Public Engagement, Principal, Special Projects…
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AISN #70: AI Layoffs and Automated Warfare
Also, a new open letter advocating for pro-human values and control over AI development. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We…
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AISN #69: Department of War, Anthropic, and National Security
Also, Anthropic Removes a Core Safety Commitment. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety…
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AISN #68: Moltbook Exposes Risky AI Behavior
Plus: The Pentagon Accelerates AI and GPT-5.2 solves open mathematics problems.. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss…
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AISN #67: Trump’s preemption order, H200s go to China, and new frontier AI from OpenAI and DeepSeek
Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required.. Welcome to the…
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AISN #66: AISN #66: Evaluating Frontier Models, New Gemini and Claude, Preemption is Back
Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required.. Welcome to the…
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AISN #65: Measuring Automation and Superintelligence Moratorium Letter
Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. In this…
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AISN #63: New AGI Definition and Senate Bill Would Establish Liability for AI Harms
In this edition: A new bill in the Senate would hold AI companies liable for harms their products create; China tightens its export controls on rare earth…
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AISN #63: California’s SB-53 Passes the Legislature
In this edition: California's legislature sent SB-53—the ‘Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act’—to Governor Newsom's desk. If signed into law…
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AISN #62: Big Tech Launches $100 Million pro-AI Super PAC
Also: Meta's Chatbot Policies Prompt Backlash Amid AI Reorganization; China Reverses Course on Nvidia H20 Purchases. In this edition: Big tech launches a $100…
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AISN #61: OpenAI Releases GPT-5
Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. In this…
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AISN #60: The AI Action Plan
Also: ChatGPT Agent and IMO Gold. In this edition: The Trump Administration publishes its AI Action Plan; OpenAI released ChatGPT Agent and announced that an…
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AISN #59: EU Publishes General-Purpose AI Code of Practice
Plus: Meta Superintelligence Labs. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical…
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AISN #58: Senate Removes State AI Regulation Moratorium
Plus: Judges Split on Whether Training AI on Copyrighted Material is Fair Use. In this edition: The Senate removes a provision from Republican's “Big Beautiful…
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AISN #57: The RAISE Act
In this edition: The New York Legislature passes an act regulating frontier AI—but it may not be signed into law for some time. Listen to the AI Safety…
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AISN #56: Google Releases Veo 3
Plus, Opus 4 Demonstrates the Fragility of Voluntary Governance. In this edition: Google released a frontier video generation model at its annual developer…
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AISN #55: Trump Administration Rescinds AI Diffusion Rule, Allows Chip Sales to Gulf States
Plus, Bills on Whistleblower Protections, Chip Location Verification, and State Preemption. In this edition: The Trump Administration rescinds the Biden-era AI…
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AISN #54: OpenAI Updates Restructure Plan
Plus, AI Safety Collaboration in Singapore. In this edition: OpenAI claims an updated restructure plan would preserve nonprofit control; A global coalition…
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AISN #53: An Open Letter Attempts to Block OpenAI Restructuring
Plus, SafeBench Winners. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background…
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AISN #52: An Expert Virology Benchmark
Plus, AI-Enabled Coups. In this edition: AI now outperforms human experts in specialized virology knowledge in a new benchmark; A new report explores the risk…
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AISN #51: AI Frontiers
Plus, AI 2027. In this newsletter, we cover the launch of AI Frontiers, a new forum for expert commentary on the future of AI. We also discuss AI 2027, a…
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AISN #50: AI Action Plan Responses
Plus, Detecting Misbehavior in Reasoning Models. In this newsletter, we cover AI companies’ responses to the federal government's request for information on…
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AISN #49: AI Action Plan Responses
Plus, Detecting Misbehavior in Reasoning Models. In this newsletter, we cover AI companies’ responses to the federal government's request for information on…
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Plus, Measuring AI Honesty. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical…
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Superintelligence Strategy: Expert Version
Superintelligence is destabilizing since it threatens other states’ survival—it could be weaponized, or states may lose control of it. Attempts to build…
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Superintelligence Strategy: Standard Version
Superintelligence is destabilizing since it threatens other states’ survival—it could be weaponized, or states may lose control of it. Attempts to build…
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AISN #48: Utility Engineering and EnigmaEval
Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. Listen to the…
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AISN #47: Reasoning Models
Plus, State-Sponsored AI Cyberattacks. Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Reasoning Models DeepSeek-R1 has been one of…
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AISN #46: The Transition
Plus, Humanity's Last Exam, and the AI Safety, Ethics, and Society Course. Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. The…
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AISN #45: Center for AI Safety 2024 Year in Review
As 2024 draws to a close, we want to thank you for your continued support for AI safety and review what we’ve been able to accomplish. In this special-edition…
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AISN #44: The Trump Circle on AI Safety
Plus, Chinese researchers used Llama to create a military tool for the PLA, a Google AI system discovered a zero-day cybersecurity vulnerability, and Complex…
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AISN #43: White House Issues First National Security Memo on AI
Plus, AI and Job Displacement, and AI Takes Over the Nobels. Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. White House Issues First…
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AISN #42: Newsom Vetoes SB 1047
Plus, OpenAI's o1, and AI Governance Summary. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No…
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AISN #41: The Next Generation of Compute Scale
Plus, Ranking Models by Susceptibility to Jailbreaking, and Machine Ethics. Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. The Next…
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AISN #40: California AI Legislation
Plus, NVIDIA Delays Chip Production, and Do AI Safety Benchmarks Actually Measure Safety?. Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple…
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AISN #39: Implications of a Trump Administration for AI Policy
Plus, Safety Engineering Overview. Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Implications of a Trump administration for AI…
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AISN #38: Supreme Court Decision Could Limit Federal Ability to Regulate AI
Plus, “Circuit Breakers” for AI systems, and updates on China's AI industry. Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Supreme…
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AISN #37: US Launches Antitrust Investigations
US Launches Antitrust Investigations The U.S. Government has launched antitrust investigations into Nvidia, OpenAI, and Microsoft. The U.S. Department of…
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AISN #36: Voluntary Commitments are Insufficient
Voluntary Commitments are Insufficient AI companies agree to RSPs in Seoul. Following the second AI Global Summit held in Seoul, the UK and Republic of Korea…
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AISN #35: Lobbying on AI Regulation
OpenAI and Google Announce New Multimodal Models In the current paradigm of AI development, there are long delays between the release of successive models…
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AISN #34: New Military AI Systems
Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. AI Labs Fail to…
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AISN #33: Reassessing AI and Biorisk
Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. This week, we…
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AISN #32: Measuring and Reducing Hazardous Knowledge in LLMs
Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. Measuring and…
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AISN #31: A New AI Policy Bill in California
Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. This week…
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AISN #30: Investments in Compute and Military AI
Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. Compute…
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AISN #29: Progress on the EU AI Act
Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. A Provisional…
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The Landscape of US AI Legislation
Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. This week we’re…
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AISN #28: Center for AI Safety 2023 Year in Review
As 2023 comes to a close, we want to thank you for your continued support for AI safety. This has been a big year for AI and for the Center for AI Safety. In…