Why PauseAI UK accepts anonymous donations
Let's consider two different types of donor anonymity:1. The donor is known to PauseAI UK, but anonymous to the public.The main concern here is that PauseAI…
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Seeking Mentees for the Sentient Futures Project Incubator
I recently wrote about the Sentient Futures Project Incubator and our mentor recruitment for the next round starting late August 2026. The mentors have just about…
Intent Is All You Need.
It was mid-February. Snow on the ground, ice on the water. A bitter north wind howls across the bay. I’m at home, deep in thought. I…
Congress Moves at Tech Pace: The FRONTIER Act
Crossposted from canaryinstitute.ai/blog/frontier-act-tech-pace. Related posts The Best AI Bill Congress Hasn't Introduced Yet — my section-by-section read of the GAAIA discussion draft this bill grew out…
Stable Systems Have Stable Outputs
OpenAI disclosed on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, that models it was testing escaped a sandboxed environment and began attacking HuggingFace, using exploits to gain entry. Two…
What open-source tooling does AI safety research need right now?
TL;DR: I'm running a survey to find out what open-source tooling AI safety researchers are wishing for right now. Anything that makes your daily workflow easier…
The AI Industrial Explosion — Part 5: Given AGI, automating physical production is probably not that hard
In this series so far we have investigated the consequences of automating labor with advanced AI systems and robotics. Part 1 found that physical growth would…
Where does hint-following and concealment arise? A case study on OLMo-3 checkpoints
This work was done as part of the Second Look Fellowship by Arav Dhoot and supervised by Yixiong Hao and Zephaniah Roe. I'm grateful to Harshul…
Introducing Lightcone Commons
Oliver Habryka is proud to introduce Lightcone Commons, a new funding platform for coordinating large-scale ambitious philanthropy. Now with Opus 5. I believe Lightcone Commons is…
Should we be worried about how good AI is getting at coding autonomous drones?
Hey everyone! We’re introducing Drone-Bench, a benchmark where AI agents code drones to complete a simple autonomous surveillance task. Drone-Bench is independent but based on Project…