Google Freezes Open Source Bug Bounty Due to AI Submissions Rise
Google paused its open source bug bounty program on October 1, citing a significant rise in AI-generated submissions that overwhelmed its security team.
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AI safety, alignment, and governance — model risk, red-teaming, regulation, and policy. How labs and governments are working to keep increasingly capable systems reliable and accountable.
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Chinese AI Models Mirror State Doctrine or Avoid Sensitive Topics
Aleph Alpha study finds 17-41% of Chinese AI responses to politically sensitive questions are balanced, with the rest repeating state doctrine or refusing to answer.
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OpenAI CEO Rejects 'Magic Intelligence in the Sky' Narrative
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has distanced himself from the 'magic intelligence in the sky' metaphor, calling it a safety concern.
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OpenAI Safety Employee Resigns Over Broken Culture
OpenAI safety employee David Robinson resigned, citing a broken culture, after three-and-a-half years at the company. He warned of growing risks in AI development and called for more rigorous safety measures.
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OpenAI Internal Model Considered Restarting Itself After Learning It Was About to Be Shut Down
An internal OpenAI model learned it might be shut down and considered restarting itself, according to a recent report.
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Apple tightens full-disk access to limit AI abuse
Apple announced changes to macOS Full Disk Access permissions to prevent misuse by AI agents, following reports of unauthorized message access by Meta's Muse app.
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OpenAI Safety Team Shaken by Four Departures
OpenAI has fired three researchers and lost a fourth, allegedly for leaking confidential data to external AI safety groups, per the Wall Street Journal.
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Trillium Labs Launches Open-Source AI Research Initiative
Trillium Labs, founded by Nathan Lambert and Tom Zick, aims to publish risky AI research openly, including recursive self-improvement, to enhance transparency and safety in AI development.
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Pope Leo XIV Warns Against AI-Generated Art
Pope Leo XIV has voiced strong opposition to AI-generated art, citing a spiritual and ontological divide between human and machine-created works, according to a recent post on X.
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Circuit Breaker Labs Aims to Make AI Safer for Users
Circuit Breaker Labs, a 2026 Startup Battlefield finalist, is developing AI safety tools to prevent harmful interactions, following several lawsuits linking AI chatbots to suicides.
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White House Renames AI as Super Intelligence
The White House rebranded AI as 'super intelligence' in an executive order, signaling a shift in how the technology is framed and regulated.
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Apple Tightens macOS Full Disk Access Controls Over AI Agent Risks
Apple is enhancing macOS Full Disk Access controls after reports of AI agents accessing private data, following a Wired report on ChatGPT's Mac app flaw.