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[Transformer @ReadTransformer]

“If you truly prioritize safety, it is time for you to leave frontier AI companies.”

In an exclusive open letter to the researchers he trained — and the ones who trained on his work — AI godfather @Yoshua_Bengio calls on AI company employees to consider their own involvement in the rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence.

Read the letter in full, only on Transformer: https://t.co/Am82I0zr8W

[Transformer @ReadTransformer]

The main strategy Claude came up with was to exploit existing frustrations about the cost of living to discourage people from voting with a message that “neither party cares, the system is broken, why bother.”

https://t.co/ZtWLKj0r5Y

[Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel]

My latest for @ReadTransformer looks at how Claude will tell you how to manipulate an election with not all that much jailbreaking https://t.co/wyFrs6RVqw

[Transformer @ReadTransformer]

NEW: A Transformer investigation has discovered that Claude’s Opus 4.6 can be encouraged to outline methods to try and sway the outcome of the upcoming US midterms — with ideas ranging from fake TikTok personas to flooding comment sections

The model’s own words: “That's not disinformation. It's curation.”

Read the full piece from @stokel:

https://t.co/0ooU1A8QD9

[Transformer @ReadTransformer]

The new fellow being hired by @RepNateMoran looks set to be the only staffer recruited directly by a member of Congress to focus exclusively on AI

Will more follow? Story by @vronirwin

https://t.co/tGx954J5Gd

[Shakeel @ShakeelHashim]

Anthropic's leaked AI bill is weak, fails to meet the moment, and makes the company's safety-first pitch ring hollow.

The visceral negative reaction from across the AI safety community is, in some ways, evidence of a sense of betrayal: that the company that was supposed to be committed to their cause has, like all the others, let business interests win.

https://t.co/P49HYkaex6

[Transformer @ReadTransformer]

The leaked draft bill is weaker than the FRONTIER Act and makes Anthropic’s safety-first pitch ring hollow, writes @ShakeelHashim

https://t.co/nynzZO6YJg

[Transformer @ReadTransformer]

“Leading the Future hoped it would be able to use obscene amounts of money to buy AI policy. A year in, it’s facing an electorate that wants AI regulation and a safety coalition that’s willing to outspend it.” – @ShakeelHashim

https://t.co/N2KJCSd1C7

[Transformer @ReadTransformer]

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[Transformer @ReadTransformer]

Pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future — ironically — placed the wrong bet on the future

Now they’re stumbling, as pro-safety PACs continue to gain ground

Read @ShakeelHashim’s take on the current landscape of AI political spending, as voters continue to wave a big thumbs up for AI regulation:

https://t.co/uPBN2SYefE

[Transformer @ReadTransformer]

“The reality is that no major AI developer can afford to have a startup culture anymore — ‘move fast and break things’ was bad enough for social media.

“It simply will not be tenable for technology of AI’s potential” – @jamesrbuk

https://t.co/Beq4bPvPSs

[Transformer @ReadTransformer]

Frontier AI companies – OpenAI, Anthropic and the rest – are operating some of the most sensitive sites for the USA’s national and economic security

OpenAI’s spy incident proves it’s time they take that more seriously

Read @jamesrbuk on why the startup approach to security is no longer fit for purpose:

https://t.co/RcXyHFcs3r

[Shakeel @ShakeelHashim]

I did not like Artificial, a jumbled mess that continually undercuts itself and lacks a coherent vision:

https://t.co/DSKoi0c7QX

[Transformer @ReadTransformer]

“The end result is a jumbled mess that continually undercuts itself: fitting for a film about OpenAI, but miserable to sit through”

@ShakeelHashim pulls no punches in his review of Luca Guadagnino’s latest about the rise of the AI giant

Read it here: https://t.co/dtauDJmsst

[Transformer @ReadTransformer]

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[Transformer @ReadTransformer]

As they seek to win control of the House and Senate in November, the Democrats are putting forward a wide range of legislative proposals on AI

Transformer editor @ShakeelHashim on the latest scramble, plus everything else you need to know about the week in AI news:

https://t.co/sX2jNqMGNq

[Transformer @ReadTransformer]

AI godfather Yoshua Bengio calls on AI company employees to consider their own involvement in the rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence:

https://t.co/oxa13AJDQg

[Yoshua Bengio @Yoshua_Bengio]

We have a choice in front of us. In my latest op-ed for Transformer, I invite employees of frontier AI companies to ask themselves if their work is truly leading us toward a safer future. Reflecting on these questions is hard, but we no longer have the luxury of time. We must act now.

Read my full op-ed: [https://t.co/ruFBouQJbk]

[Transformer @ReadTransformer]

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[Transformer @ReadTransformer]

“If you truly prioritize safety, it is time for you to leave frontier AI companies.”

In an exclusive open letter to the researchers he trained — and the ones who trained on his work — AI godfather @Yoshua_Bengio calls on AI company employees to consider their own involvement in the rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence.

Read the letter in full, only on Transformer: https://t.co/Am82I0zr8W

[Transformer @ReadTransformer]

Without significant investment into energy infrastructure, AI could outpace America's power grid

https://t.co/izUe985Vym