… SpaceX and xAI did not immediately respond to WIRED’s request for comment. The letter also outlines examples of how xAI has not kept up with industry-standard safety practices such as publishing detailed frameworks for mitigating risks around its AI models being used in cyber attacks. …
… "Liability already exists under common law and provides a powerful incentive for AI companies to take reasonable steps to prevent foreseeable risks from their AI systems,” says Thomas Woodside, cofounder and senior policy adviser at the Secure AI Project, a nonprofit that has helped develop and adv… …
… Even Geoffrey Hinton, often considered the “Godfather of AI,” has warned that many major tech leaders publicly downplay the risks of artificial intelligence, including job displacement, ethical concerns, or long-term safety, despite understanding them internally. …
… GPT-4o, Grok, and Gemini scored at the highest risks and lowest safety, while the newer GPT-5.2 and Claude Opus 4.5 showed the lowest risk and highest safety. But the things each chatbot said, especially as Lee went deeper and deeper into delusion, were sometimes shocking. …
… If OpenAI’s internal team decides that the situation represents a serious safety risk, ChatGPT proceeds to send the trusted contact an alert — either by email, text message, or an in-app notification. …
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… While no system is perfect, and a notification to a Trusted Contact may not always reflect exactly what someone is experiencing, every notification undergoes trained human review before it is sent, and we strive to review these safety notifications in under one hour," OpenAI's safety team wrote. …
… One of the complaints, filed on behalf of Maya Gebala , a survivor of the shooting, alleges OpenAI's automated safety systems flagged Van Rootselaar's ChatGPT conversations in June 2025, more than half a year before she entered the town's high school with a long gun and modified rifle, for "gun vio… …
… These unsettling incidents have set off alarms in and around the AI industry. There’s long been a vocal resistance to the technology, fueled by fears of job displacement, climate impact, and unconstrained development absent of safety guardrails. AI workers themselves have warned about serious risks. …
… Ultimately, he said that there was a tension between the pursuit of AGI and safety. Russell’s larger concerns about the existential threats of unconstrained AI didn’t get aired in open court after objections from OpenAI’s attorneys led the judge to limit Russell’s testimony. …
