OpenAI has dropped safety from its mission statement – can you spot another change? Old: "OpenAIs mission is to build general purpose artificial intelligence (AI) that safely benefits humanity, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return. [...]" New: "OpenAIs mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity" (IRS evidence in comments)
Very astute summary of 2025's most important AI developments:
Before concluding that we don't urgently need AI regulation, please listen to a few minutes of Megan Garcia's heartwrenching story:
David Sacks is arguing that the new proposed EO is fine: that we don't need state laws to e g prevent AI companions from grooming children or to protect us from any of the 4 C's. That's unfortunately incorrect;...
I agree: it's pretty clear that what the AI lobbyists want is "ONE RULE" that's de facto NO RULE. Let's stop this corporate welfare by treating AI companies just like we treat other powerful industries, and not leaving them less...
“The AI industry is quite unique in that it’s the only industry in the US making powerful technology that’s less regulated than sandwiches—basically not regulated at all. If someone says, ‘I want to open a new sandwich shop near Times...
After lots of hard work, we're proud to announce our latest AI Safety Index, grading top AI companies on not on vibes, but on what they actually do, to incentivize improvement: