New Bernie Sanders AI Safety Bill Would Halt Data Center Construction
… The new bill focuses not only on the environmental and community impacts of data centers, but on AI safety as a whole. …
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Illinois Lawmakers Just Passed America’s Strongest AI Safety Bill
… Previously, no independent body was required to keep an AI lab accountable to its own safety claims. “We're in a situation where the AI companies grade their own homework,” says Scott Wisor, policy director at Secure AI Project, a nonprofit that supports SB 315. “Should SB 315 become law, Illinois … …
Former OpenAI Staffers Warn That xAI’s Poor Safety Record Could Complicate SpaceX’s IPO
… The group, which is backed by private donors, aims to improve the safety practices of frontier AI companies. Other AI safety nonprofits also signed on, including Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology, Encode AI, and The Midas Project. …
Anthropic Opposes the Extreme AI Liability Bill That OpenAI Backed
… Good transparency legislation needs to ensure public safety and accountability for the companies developing this powerful technology, not provide a get-out-of-jail-free card against all liability,” Cesar Fernandez, Anthropic’s head of US state and local government relations, said in a statement. “W… …
OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters
… It defines a frontier model as any AI model trained using more than $100 million in computational costs, which likely could apply to America’s largest AI labs, like OpenAI, Google, xAI, Anthropic, and Meta. “We support approaches like this because they focus on what matters most: Reducing the risk … …
The New Wild West of AI Kids’ Toys
… Miko reaffirmed that its customer data has not been publicly accessible or compromised. “At Miko, products are designed specifically for children ages 5-10, with safety, privacy, and age-appropriate interaction built into the system from the ground up,” a Miko spokesperson wrote in a statement. “Th… …
Elon Musk Testifies That He Started OpenAI to Prevent a ‘Terminator Outcome’
… I think we want to be in a movie … like Star Trek, not a James Cameron movie,” Musk said. While Musk has long raised alarms about AI safety, his current firm, xAI, has been criticized by researchers at other AI labs for its “reckless” safety culture. …
Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own
… You spearheaded the Responsible AI Safety and Education, or RAISE, Act. In a nutshell, it requires major AI developers to publish safety testing practices. Can you explain how that works? What exactly does that mean? This applies only to the very largest AI developers. …
OpenAI Brings Its Ass to Court
… It depicted the rear end of a donkey—with two legs, a butt, and a tail—and was inscribed with the message, “Joshua Achiam, never stop being a jackass for safety.” OpenAI employees at the time, Dario Amodei and David Luan, presented the gift to chief futurist Achiam, who started at the company as an… …
The Danger Behind Meta Killing End-to-End Encryption for Instagram DMs
… This is so irresponsible.” Privacy advocates have long pointed out that while child safety and public safety should always be paramount, child sexual abuse and other crimes still play out daily on chat apps and other digital services that do not offer the universal protection of end-to-end encrypti… …