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The AI Seoul Summit took place this week, bringing together the UK and South Korean governments to discuss AI safety alongside some of the biggest companies in the AI industry.

OpenAI dissolves its Existential AI Risk team, shifting focus to a new Preparedness team to enhance AI safety measures amid rising concerns about advanced AI risks.

Paul is a research affiliate at the University of Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), and former Director of the British American Security Information Council (BASIC,...

Foreign ministers and civil society representatives say that multilateralism is key to controlling the proliferation and use of AI-powered autonomous weapons, but that a small number of powerful countries are holding back progress

The historic Hofburg Palace in Vienna will be the center of global attention as it hosts the international conference entitled

Tiangong, a humanoid robot described as the worlds first full-sized humanoid robot capable of running solely on electric drive, was unveiled in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area on Saturday, coinciding with the reveal of several AI technological breakthroughs at the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum).

Researchers from several disciplines hope to predict — and prevent — scenarios that pose risks to humanity. Researchers from several disciplines hope to predict — and prevent — scenarios that pose risks to humanity.

The news comes after Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud. He was also ordered to pay $11 billion in forfeiture.

At a recent panel discussion, Harari spoke at length about the ecological collapse, technological disruption by technologies like AI, and global war.

Elon Musk is harbouring a “dangerous illusion” that a colony can be established on Mars, the Astronomer Royal has warned.