AI Safety Newsletter

Nov 19 2024 47 ep. 17 mins 8
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Narrations of the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. This podcast also contains narrations of some of our publications. ABOUT US The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) is a San Francisco-based research and field-building nonprofit. We believe that artificial intelligence has the potential to profoundly benefit the world, provided that we can develop and use it safely. However, in contrast to the dramatic progress in AI, many basic problems in AI safety have yet to be solved. Our mission is to reduce societal-scale risks associated with AI by conducting safety research, building the field of AI safety researchers, and advocating for safety standards. Learn more at https://safe.ai

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AISN #44: The Trump Circle on AI Safety

Nov 19 2024 11 mins  
Plus, Chinese researchers used Llama to create a military tool for the PLA, a Google AI system discovered a zero-day cybersecurity vulnerability, and Complex Systems. Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. The Trump Circle on AI Safety The incoming Trump administration is likely to significantly alter the US government's approach to AI safety. F

AISN #43: White House Issues First National Security Memo on AI

Oct 28 2024 14 mins  
Plus, AI and Job Displacement, and AI Takes Over the Nobels. Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. White House Issues First National Security Memo on AI On October 24, 2024, the White House issued the first National Security Memorandum (NSM) on Artificial Intelligence, accompanied by a Framework to Advance AI Governance and Risk Management in N

AISN #42: Newsom Vetoes SB 1047

Oct 01 2024 13 mins  
Plus, OpenAI's o1, and AI Governance Summary. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Newsom Vetoes SB 1047 On Sunday, Governor Newsom vetoed California's Senate Bill 1047 (SB 1047), the most ambitious le

AISN #41: The Next Generation of Compute Scale

Sep 11 2024 11 mins  
Plus, Ranking Models by Susceptibility to Jailbreaking, and Machine Ethics. Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. The Next Generation of Compute Scale AI development is on the cusp of a dramatic expansion in compute scale. Recent developments across multiple fronts—from chip manufacturing to power infrastructure—point to a future where AI m

AISN #40: California AI Legislation

Aug 21 2024 14 mins  
Plus, NVIDIA Delays Chip Production, and Do AI Safety Benchmarks Actually Measure Safety?. Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. SB 1047, the Most-Discussed California AI Legislation California's Senate Bill 1047 has sparked discussion over AI regulation. While state bills often fly under the radar, SB 1047 has garnered attention due to Califor

AISN #39: Implications of a Trump Administration for AI Policy

Jul 28 2024 12 mins  
Plus, Safety Engineering Overview. Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Implications of a Trump administration for AI policy Trump named Ohio Senator J.D. Vance—an AI regulation skeptic—as his pick for vice president. This choice sheds light on the AI policy landscape under a future Trump administration. In this story, we cover: (1) Vance'

AISN #38: Supreme Court Decision Could Limit Federal Ability to Regulate AI

Jul 08 2024 10 mins  
Plus, “Circuit Breakers” for AI systems, and updates on China's AI industry. Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Supreme Court Decision Could Limit Federal Ability to Regulate AI In a recent decision, the Supreme Court overruled the 1984 precedent Chevron v. Natural Resources Defence Council. In this story, we discuss the decision's impli

AISN #37: US Launches Antitrust Investigations

Jun 18 2024 11 mins  
US Launches Antitrust Investigations The U.S. Government has launched antitrust investigations into Nvidia, OpenAI, and Microsoft. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have agreed to investigate potential antitrust violations by the three companies, the New York Times reported. The DOJ will lead the investigation into Nvidia while the FTC will fo

AISN #36: Voluntary Commitments are Insufficient

May 30 2024 10 mins  
Voluntary Commitments are Insufficient AI companies agree to RSPs in Seoul. Following the second AI Global Summit held in Seoul, the UK and Republic of Korea governments announced that 16 major technology organizations, including Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and xAI have agreed to a new set of Frontier AI Safety Commitments. Some commitments from the agreement include

AISN #35: Lobbying on AI Regulation

May 16 2024 12 mins  
OpenAI and Google Announce New Multimodal Models In the current paradigm of AI development, there are long delays between the release of successive models. Progress is largely driven by increases in computing power, and training models with more computing power requires building large new data centers. More than a year after the release of GPT-4, OpenAI has yet to release GPT-4.5