Thirty Day
A new executive order asks AI labs to give the U.S. government a 30-day private preview of frontier models before public release. Here’s what it means.
AI Safety & Governance
Safety Reckoning
The EU AI Act’s compliance deadlines arrived. Nature asked if AI could end civilization. Capabilities are accelerating faster than governance. Here’s what the reckoning looks like.
The Invisible Breach
Your developer’s laptop is the weakest link in your security stack. Inside software supply chain attacks — and how Perplexity’s Bumblebee is fighting back.
Magnifica Humanitas
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical draws on 135 years of Catholic moral tradition to demand AI regulation. Here’s why secular scientists and policymakers should take it seriously.
The Succession
Hinton now puts AI extinction risk above 50%. Amodei says AI could cure all disease in a decade. These are not opposite visions — they are the same trajectory.
The Key That Breaks Everything
Quantum computers will shatter the encryption protecting global finance. AI is both accelerant and the only tool fast enough to rekey every lock.
AI Two Futures
The trajectory of AI development points toward either a scientific golden age or civilizational catastrophe. A rigorous look at both outcomes, the evidence, and who decides.
AI Visions and Fears
Sam Altman predicts a golden age. Geoffrey Hinton estimates 20% chance of extinction. New polls show 80% of Americans are worried. The AI debate mapped with data and primary sources.
The Mirror Problem
Grok 3 recognised its own output. Claude shows introspective awareness. But can we tell genuine self-awareness from sophisticated mimicry? The mirror test for AI minds.
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