Altman and Amodei warn humanity
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned the U.N. Security Council in New York Wednesday that poorly managed AI could threaten humanity and urged global cooperation.
I was invited to address the UN Security Council this afternoon to discuss the unprecedented threat posed by uncontrolled frontier AI agents.
September 23, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I was invited to address the UN Security Council this afternoon to discuss the unprecedented threat posed by uncontrolled frontier AI agents.
BREAKING: Heads of major AI firms warn the UN that without intervention, "AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole".
Heads of AI firms tell UN Security Council that it could be a risk to all humanity
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people.
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September 23, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BREAKING: Heads of major AI firms warn the UN that without intervention, "AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole".
“The result … is that thousands of Palestinians — most of them women and children or people who were not involved in the fighting — were wiped out by Israeli airstrikes, especially during the first weeks of the war, because of the AI program’s decisions.”
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‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local C...
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September 23, 2026 at 11:36 PM
“The result … is that thousands of Palestinians — most of them women and children or people who were not involved in the fighting — were wiped out by Israeli airstrikes, especially during the first weeks of the war, because of the AI program’s decisions.”
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Reposted by Brian Keegan, Jack Stilgoe
Paolo Benanti tells WIRED that hysteria over whether godlike AI could destroy humanity is distracting from the need for public debate about how to govern the technology. www.wired.com/story/popes-...
The Pope’s AI Guy Is Worried About ‘Cartel’ Behavior Among Big Labs
Paolo Benanti tells WIRED that hysteria over whether godlike AI could destroy humanity is distracting from the need for public debate about how to govern the technology.
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September 23, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Paolo Benanti tells WIRED that hysteria over whether godlike AI could destroy humanity is distracting from the need for public debate about how to govern the technology. www.wired.com/story/popes-...
Just got my first AI slop paper to review & am totally ripshit per @novosad.bsky.social - what a waste of time! AI is amazing but can destroy science while revolutionizing it.
Editors: We are looking for journal partners to study how to use AI to make scientific publishing better (not worse). LMK!
Editors: We are looking for journal partners to study how to use AI to make scientific publishing better (not worse). LMK!
September 23, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Just got my first AI slop paper to review & am totally ripshit per @novosad.bsky.social - what a waste of time! AI is amazing but can destroy science while revolutionizing it.
Editors: We are looking for journal partners to study how to use AI to make scientific publishing better (not worse). LMK!
Editors: We are looking for journal partners to study how to use AI to make scientific publishing better (not worse). LMK!
by Ian Bremmer
taking the stage with my friends @bradsmi.bsky.social and elizabeth cousens
to discuss ai governance in a leaderless world…
do join us
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to discuss ai governance in a leaderless world…
do join us
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Global Stage: Live from the 81st UN General Assembly
YouTube video by GZERO Media
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September 23, 2026 at 9:01 PM
taking the stage with my friends @bradsmi.bsky.social and elizabeth cousens
to discuss ai governance in a leaderless world…
do join us
youtube.com/live/3EP4qLK...
to discuss ai governance in a leaderless world…
do join us
youtube.com/live/3EP4qLK...
Reposted by Simon Lester, Chris Hanretty, Christian Odendahl
My latest for @economist.com: AI writing is taking over politics.
10% of what was is said in Parliament is now AI-drafted, per Pangram. Yet more in the House of Representatives, or in Australia and Canada.
Link: www.economist.com/britain/202...
And a 🧵 below, w/ some main offenders
10% of what was is said in Parliament is now AI-drafted, per Pangram. Yet more in the House of Representatives, or in Australia and Canada.
Link: www.economist.com/britain/202...
And a 🧵 below, w/ some main offenders
September 23, 2026 at 7:50 PM
My latest for @economist.com: AI writing is taking over politics.
10% of what was is said in Parliament is now AI-drafted, per Pangram. Yet more in the House of Representatives, or in Australia and Canada.
Link: www.economist.com/britain/202...
And a 🧵 below, w/ some main offenders
10% of what was is said in Parliament is now AI-drafted, per Pangram. Yet more in the House of Representatives, or in Australia and Canada.
Link: www.economist.com/britain/202...
And a 🧵 below, w/ some main offenders
by Justin Lewis
‘How it uses AI Gene Wilder’: is it ‘abysmally and unethically’?
September 23, 2026 at 9:51 PM
‘How it uses AI Gene Wilder’: is it ‘abysmally and unethically’?
by Greg Linden
I think cheaper but good enough will win: "China is prioritizing the development of AI systems that are cheap, open-weight ... High-quality outputs with significantly less compute ... US models can cost up to 10 times the cost of running comparable Chinese models."
Chinese models now surpass U.S. models in both monthly and total downloads. National security policy professional Prince Osaji says the dominant AI power won't be the one with the most powerful model—it'll be the one with the most adopted one.
China Is Running a Different AI Race
Prince Osaji writes that China is prioritizing AI systems that are cheap, open-weight, and exportable—pursuing dominance through adoption, not power.
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September 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I think cheaper but good enough will win: "China is prioritizing the development of AI systems that are cheap, open-weight ... High-quality outputs with significantly less compute ... US models can cost up to 10 times the cost of running comparable Chinese models."
Chad Jones has a useful way to think about AI safety:
If AI poses a 1% chance of catastrophe, and we value a statistical life at ~$10M, reducing that risk by 1 percentage point is worth about $100,000 per person. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/if-we-pay-for-safer-cars-why-wont
If AI poses a 1% chance of catastrophe, and we value a statistical life at ~$10M, reducing that risk by 1 percentage point is worth about $100,000 per person. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/if-we-pay-for-safer-cars-why-wont
How Much Would You Pay to Prevent the AI Apocalypse?
And what economists say we should spend. Hint: we're nowhere close.
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September 23, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Chad Jones has a useful way to think about AI safety:
If AI poses a 1% chance of catastrophe, and we value a statistical life at ~$10M, reducing that risk by 1 percentage point is worth about $100,000 per person. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/if-we-pay-for-safer-cars-why-wont
If AI poses a 1% chance of catastrophe, and we value a statistical life at ~$10M, reducing that risk by 1 percentage point is worth about $100,000 per person. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/if-we-pay-for-safer-cars-why-wont
Reposted by Henry Jones
The people who built AI with seemingly little care for the havoc it could cause and no guardrails to protect public should be held accountable for every problem AI is now causing. They want to make billions but don’t want to accept responsibility for their technology.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Breaking: OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an Open AI agent gained unauthorised accessed to the Medicare statistics reporting service portal.
www.abc.net.au
September 23, 2026 at 8:55 PM
The people who built AI with seemingly little care for the havoc it could cause and no guardrails to protect public should be held accountable for every problem AI is now causing. They want to make billions but don’t want to accept responsibility for their technology.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
Reposted by William J. Brady, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Laurent Dubois
AI is the Gyges' ring of student work: it offers perfect concealment of wrongdoing.
If Glaucon is right, then everyone will use it to do injustice (cheat), & will be wise to do so.
If Socrates/Plato is right, then doing so also harms the wrong-doer, whose soul will be malformed into misery by it.
If Glaucon is right, then everyone will use it to do injustice (cheat), & will be wise to do so.
If Socrates/Plato is right, then doing so also harms the wrong-doer, whose soul will be malformed into misery by it.
September 23, 2026 at 12:43 PM
AI is the Gyges' ring of student work: it offers perfect concealment of wrongdoing.
If Glaucon is right, then everyone will use it to do injustice (cheat), & will be wise to do so.
If Socrates/Plato is right, then doing so also harms the wrong-doer, whose soul will be malformed into misery by it.
If Glaucon is right, then everyone will use it to do injustice (cheat), & will be wise to do so.
If Socrates/Plato is right, then doing so also harms the wrong-doer, whose soul will be malformed into misery by it.
Reposted by David M. Farrell
Jon Stewart gets to the bottom of why Trump is so gung-ho about AI
September 23, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Jon Stewart gets to the bottom of why Trump is so gung-ho about AI
Reposted by Fabián Muniesa, Michael Larkin
There seems to be a coordinated talking point among the EA folks that the "standard" approach to "AI" on "the Left" is "AI is just stochastic parrots so no need to worry about it".
(Sorry for all the scare quotes, but y'know)
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(Sorry for all the scare quotes, but y'know)
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September 23, 2026 at 1:03 PM
There seems to be a coordinated talking point among the EA folks that the "standard" approach to "AI" on "the Left" is "AI is just stochastic parrots so no need to worry about it".
(Sorry for all the scare quotes, but y'know)
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(Sorry for all the scare quotes, but y'know)
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by Peter Murphy
Trump told the UN he wants to rename Artificial Intelligence (AI) Super Intelligence (SI). I'm surprised he didn't want to rebrand it as American Intelligence (AI) That way he could have kept the same initials! Idiot. #UN #USA #USPolitics #AI
September 23, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Trump told the UN he wants to rename Artificial Intelligence (AI) Super Intelligence (SI). I'm surprised he didn't want to rebrand it as American Intelligence (AI) That way he could have kept the same initials! Idiot. #UN #USA #USPolitics #AI
AI detection is not the most reliable, and speeches in the House of Commons have quite a few ritualistic phrases that might easily be taken for AI. But still it would not surprise me if most MP assistants use AI daily, including for drafting speeches, questions and more
1/ This is bottom-up, not top-down, and reflects choices MPs (and their staff) are making. I spoke to several.
Reactions ran the gamut from denial to defence: "for every half hour saved on speechwriting, 'that is another 30 minutes we can put into supporting my constituents.'"
Reactions ran the gamut from denial to defence: "for every half hour saved on speechwriting, 'that is another 30 minutes we can put into supporting my constituents.'"
September 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
AI detection is not the most reliable, and speeches in the House of Commons have quite a few ritualistic phrases that might easily be taken for AI. But still it would not surprise me if most MP assistants use AI daily, including for drafting speeches, questions and more
by Emily Grubert Reposted by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Kathleen Kennedy
I think I’ve underestimated how radical it is to be an “actually, we don’t need more data” guy in the age of AI
September 23, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I think I’ve underestimated how radical it is to be an “actually, we don’t need more data” guy in the age of AI
Interesting that loss of public support was most linked to AI ‘idea generation’ — suggests it is not just about people’s distrust of AI output, but their sense that science loses public value when torn from its root in human imagination and curiosity
Public support for research falls sharply when it uses AI, study finds.
Scepticism over artificial intelligence in taxpayer-funded research “demonstrates fragility” of support within UK.
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Scepticism over artificial intelligence in taxpayer-funded research “demonstrates fragility” of support within UK.
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Public support for research falls sharply when it uses AI, study finds - Research Professional News
Scepticism over artificial intelligence in taxpayer-funded research “demonstrates fragility” of support within UK
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 23, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Interesting that loss of public support was most linked to AI ‘idea generation’ — suggests it is not just about people’s distrust of AI output, but their sense that science loses public value when torn from its root in human imagination and curiosity
A salutary tale -and a serious problem in HE across all levels.
I did laugh at fact editor used Claude (Anthropic’s AI weasel) to investigate AI fraud… thought it might be self parody, but seems not. Anthropic has arguably committed more academic IP theft than these fake submissions ever will.
I did laugh at fact editor used Claude (Anthropic’s AI weasel) to investigate AI fraud… thought it might be self parody, but seems not. Anthropic has arguably committed more academic IP theft than these fake submissions ever will.
This is a great rant and indicates the degree of alarm felt by journal editors who do not have the resources at present to deal with industrial scale fraud:
www.markkoyama.com/p/the-new-ag...
www.markkoyama.com/p/the-new-ag...
The New Age of Academic Fraud
Or the Ottoman Election that Never was
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September 23, 2026 at 6:44 PM
A salutary tale -and a serious problem in HE across all levels.
I did laugh at fact editor used Claude (Anthropic’s AI weasel) to investigate AI fraud… thought it might be self parody, but seems not. Anthropic has arguably committed more academic IP theft than these fake submissions ever will.
I did laugh at fact editor used Claude (Anthropic’s AI weasel) to investigate AI fraud… thought it might be self parody, but seems not. Anthropic has arguably committed more academic IP theft than these fake submissions ever will.
Reposted by Steve Peers
Many think that AI is safe to use for simple tasks that require no 'research'. Here's an example. A black-and-white photo. AI was asked to colour it. What can go wrong, right?
September 23, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Many think that AI is safe to use for simple tasks that require no 'research'. Here's an example. A black-and-white photo. AI was asked to colour it. What can go wrong, right?