… Increasingly, leaders in the field are suggesting that public scrutiny around AI safety should take a backseat. Anthropic recently dropped its core safety pledge to not train an AI system unless it could guarantee in advance that its safety measures were adequate. …
… It defines a frontier model as any AI model trained using more than $100 million in computational costs, which likely could apply to America’s largest AI labs, like OpenAI, Google, xAI, Anthropic, and Meta. “We support approaches like this because they focus on what matters most: Reducing the risk … …
… OpenAI claims its safety measures are satisfactory, noting that ChatGPT or internal models can not be used to deploy autonomous weapons or be used for mass surveillance. …
… MORE CONTEXT OpenAI's Altman says Pentagon set 'scary precedent' binning Anthropic AIs are happy to launch nukes in simulated combat scenarios Anthropic accuses China's AI labs of ripping off content – just like it did Terminators: AI-driven robot war machines on the march In a statement outlining … …
… At the time, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that two of OpenAI's most important safety principles are "prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems" — the same issues that got Anthropic in hot water. …
… Is it actively lobbying against AI safety legislation that you support? Have you looked it up in the AI safety index ? How are its products used? If you work for Google or OpenAI, have you skimmed any of the lawsuits against your company for alleged chatbot-linked suicide? …
… OpenAI has launched its response to Mythos, and Chinese AI companies are developing their own models with capabilities similar to the model. “Given the rate of AI progress, it will not be long before such capabilities proliferate, potentially beyond actors who are committed to deploying them safely… …
… 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. …
… As LeCun notes, some leaders in the AI industry tried to ban the use of AI in autonomous weapons roughly a decade ago. …
… 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. …