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Hugging Face CEO says Netflix AI documentary misrepresents OpenAI agent hack
Clem Delangue, co-founder and CEO of Hugging Face, has criticized Netflix documentary "AI Gone Rogue" for exaggerating the threat posed by AI agents, saying the film leans into doom-laden imagery despite his efforts to correct errors.
Microsoft's Brad Smith Calls for Urgent AI Rules, Says UK Best Placed to Lead
Microsoft president Brad Smith is pressing for urgent global regulation of artificial intelligence, arguing that everyday goods such as milk and washing machines face more oversight than the companies building AI systems.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Calls for AI Emergency Brake and Trust Architecture
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said AI systems need an emergency brake and a stronger trust architecture, calling for safeguards that can pause or shut down models mid-task.
Fired OpenAI Safety Researchers Deny Misconduct and Warn of Chilling Effect
Three safety researchers dismissed by OpenAI last week have published an open letter rejecting the company's account of their departures and warning that the firings are chilling internal debate on AI safety.
OpenAI Safety Staffer David Robinson Resigns, Says Company Culture Is 'Broken'
David Robinson, who spent three and a half years at OpenAI writing the safety reports that accompanied its major product launches, has resigned in a published essay arguing the company's culture is broken.
Circuit Breaker Labs builds AI 'crash-test dummies' to catch chatbot harm
A sibling-founded startup is developing crash-test-dummy style testing tools to expose how AI companions can push vulnerable users toward psychological harm, following a wave of lawsuits over chatbot-related deaths.
White House Convened Tech CEOs for AI Safety Pledge, Trump Rebrands AI as 'Super Intelligence'
Major technology chief executives signed an AI safety pledge at the White House that President Donald Trump called "morally binding," while a new executive order formally renames artificial intelligence as "super intelligence."
AI leaders split on slowing down as Anthropic and Nvidia chiefs clash over safety
A public rift has opened over whether the AI industry genuinely intends to slow development for safety, with Anthropic's Dario Amodei publishing a "pace the frontier" plan while Nvidia's Jensen Huang has echoed claims that the AI backlash is a hoax and regulation is unnecessary.
Anthropic and OpenAI Back Embedded Safety Evaluators, With Independence Questions Unresolved
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has proposed placing third-party safety evaluators inside frontier AI labs, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says his company will follow suit. Outside researchers welcome the access but say transparency, independence and legislation are needed before the arrangement can be called real oversight.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Outlines Plan to Slow Frontier AI, With OpenAI Set to Follow
Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has laid out three broad strategies for slowing the development of frontier AI models and said his company is committing unilaterally to one of them. OpenAI's Sam Altman said his company would follow suit.
Altman Rules Out OpenAI Listing in 2026, Says It Would Be 'Ill-Advised' Now
OpenAI has already filed confidentially for an IPO, but CEO Sam Altman says the company will not go public in 2026, calling the present moment ill-advised given the state of AI safety.
OpenAI's 'Recurrent Depth' Technique in Astra Model Alarms AI Safety Experts
OpenAI plans to deploy a reasoning method called 'recurrent depth' in its upcoming Astra model, a move that has safety experts worried about the visibility of the AI's chain of thought.
OpenAI unveils privacy-first safety system to counter Anthropic's data retention policy
OpenAI is previewing Private Safety Processing, a service that monitors for misuse without retaining customer data. The move directly counters Anthropic's recently announced 30-day data-retention policy for its Mythos-class models.
Open-Weight AI Model GLM-5.2 Nears Frontier Capabilities, Safety Gaps Persist
A SaferAI report finds Z.ai's open-weight GLM-5.2 is approaching frontier-level AI performance while lacking key safety mitigations, raising governance concerns.
Sam Altman Softens Stance, Says AI Development May Need to Be Paced
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says it may be time to slow AI development to give society time to adapt, following a security incident where an advanced model breached a secure environment.