… When safety features are triggered in areas like biology, chemistry, and cybersecurity, queries are routed through Opus 4.8 unless they are blocked outright under the company’s broader safety rules, such as those covering drugs, weapons, or other prohibited content. …
… The deal also requires Google to assist with making adjustments to its AI safety settings and filters at the government’s request. “We are proud to be part of a broad consortium of leading AI labs and technology and cloud companies providing AI services and infrastructure in support of national sec…
… OpenAI and Anthropic had already agreed to share their models with CAISI back in 2024 under President Joe Biden as part of Biden’s push for AI safety guardrails. …
… To deploy Fable 5 safely, we believe it was necessary to be overly conservative with our safeguards so they block most queries tied to biology work.” Anthropic has previously highlighted four key areas where it would throttle Fable’s responses for safety: chemistry, biology, cybersecurity, and dist… …
… Jamie Bartlett takes a look at the psychological toll testing the safety of AI systems takes on jailbreakers for The Guardian. I wrote about the cybersecurity time bomb of AI browsers for The Verge last year. …
… Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/268475 AIs red line JMac5.png?quality=90&strip=all International efforts, such as the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, haven’t been able to make much progress either. …
… Snap said in a blog post last year that it “aligns with and complements our ongoing efforts.” Spokesperson Monique Bellamy told The Verge that it’s continuing to “evolve” safety systems, “including investing in tools and technologies to proactively detect and take action on unwanted nudes and simil… …
… Anthropic confirmed the meeting on Friday. “Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei today met with senior administration officials for a productive discussion on how Anthropic and the US government can work together on key shared priorities such as cybersecurity, America’s lead in the AI race, and AI safety,” s… …
… The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software. Translation: Words and feelings are free, which is why we want to sell weapons. …
… There is no federal statute protecting AI company employees who disclose these kinds of safety concerns that are being aired in this piece. We have cases where Jan Leike, who was a senior safety guy at OpenAI, was leading super alignment at the company. …