AI Safety Watch
2026
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A new test shows how far AI remains from improving itself
A benchmark released in August found that leading AI agents could improve machine-learning systems, but most avoided changing the algorithms at the heart of…
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Why some AI researchers think the safety debate is running ahead of the evidence
As frontier labs warn about loss of control, other researchers say recent incidents show serious engineering problems, not evidence that AI is becoming an…
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The safety problem is getting faster
AI is increasingly helping build and operate AI. The important safety questions are moving from theory into engineering.
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Interview: Terence Tao on why AI may be solving mathematics too fast
The Fields Medalist warns that AI could strip-mine difficult mathematical problems for solutions while leaving behind the methods and insights that make discovery valuable.
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Jill Lepore: ‘We didn’t vote for this’
The Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer argues that the central problem surrounding AI is not technology itself but unchecked private power and…
