The Aporia
The Aporia
12 articles about 12 events for “AI Safety Concerns” from BBC News.
“Reposting the letter, Korbak wrote, external: "For months, I'd been raising safety concerns that we're losing the ability to monitor what AI agents think, one of our best tools for catching when they misbehave.”
“In September, OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said his company did not aim to list on the stock market this year, citing concerns over the technology's safety that make it "an ill-advised moment" to go public.”
“Speaking to hundreds of analysts and developers, Zuckerberg proceeded to share news about Meta's latest AI products: its new agentic chatbot Muse, a slew of smart glasses, as well as a Tamagotchi-like AI gadget users can attach to their wrists.”
“In March, Australia introduced stricter laws requiring users to prove they were over 18 in order to access adult content such as porn, R-rated video games and sexually explicit AI chatbots.”
“But earlier this year, the Pentagon pressed it to remove its safety guardrails from Claude and give the military unfettered access to its AI tools.”
“Concerns over AI safety have made headlines after some researchers and industry executives called for more guardrails around the technology.”
“On 15 July this year, that control was extended to the realm of relationships and artificial intelligence (AI) when China brought in the most far-reaching regulations in the world on "human-like"”
“On Monday, OpenAI said it had scrapped the release of its latest flagship AI model, GPT-6.1 Astra, over safety concerns.”
“OpenAI, as well as rival AI firm Anthropic, previously delayed public release of certain AI models due to potential risks, mostly pertaining to cybersecurity or hacking concerns.”
“OpenAI's decision, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, is a rare instance of a major AI developer pulling a new release over safety concerns.”
“Since then, the debate over AI safety concerns has escalated with AI researchers, technology industry executives and politicians weighing in.”
“Jacob Coxon was speaking to the BBC after his resignation post on the dangers of AI went viral on a backdrop of growing safety concerns about the industry.”