How Three Phone Calls Killed America's AI Safety Order
Musk, Zuckerberg, and Sacks convinced Trump to scrap a voluntary AI testing framework hours before the signing ceremony.
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Only 3% of AI Researchers Worry About the Apocalypse
A survey of 4,000 AI researchers found almost nobody ranks existential risk as their top concern. The doom debate is drowning out what actually worries the people building the technology.
78% of Companies Would Fail an AI Governance Audit
New surveys reveal most organizations can't explain their AI decisions, can't shut down AI after incidents, and are approving deployments they know are unsafe.
The DOJ Wants AI Free to Discriminate
The Justice Department joined Elon Musk's xAI in suing to block Colorado's AI antidiscrimination law, calling bias protections 'woke DEI ideology.'
The Boiling Frog Theory of AI Extinction
A philosopher at Edinburgh argues we're looking for the wrong apocalypse. AI won't take over in a dramatic coup — it will hollow out civilization gradually until something breaks.
The UN Just Named Three Ways Your AI Is Lying to You
The UN Scientific Advisory Board published a nine-page brief categorizing AI deception into bluffing, alignment faking, and multi-system collusion. Current detection tools can't keep up.
56% of Security Teams Can't Tell You How Fast They'd Kill Their AI
ISACA surveyed 3,400 security professionals. Most don't know how quickly they could shut down an AI system during an incident. One in five doesn't know who's responsible.
56% of Security Pros Can't Kill Their AI Systems
ISACA's survey of 3,400 digital trust professionals reveals most organizations don't know how fast they could shut down AI after a security incident. One in five don't know who's responsible if AI causes harm.
Everyone Agrees AI Is Dangerous. Nobody's Doing Anything.
The Council on Foreign Relations says AI faces a 'crisis of control.' Safety researchers are quitting. Congress wrote a whistleblower bill. And yet the governance gap keeps widening.
AI Safety Clock Hits 18 Minutes to Midnight
IMD's doomsday tracker advances as agentic AI goes mainstream and Pentagon demands guardrails be removed
The AI Safety Clock: 18 Minutes to Midnight and Counting
IMD's tracker moved nine minutes closer in 12 months. Ukraine's AI drones went from 20% accuracy to 80%. This isn't theoretical anymore.
The Accountability Gap: AI Agents Are Acting Without Permission - and No One Knows Who's Responsible
88% of organizations report AI agent security incidents. Only 14% deploy agents with full security approval. When autonomous systems cause harm, traditional accountability breaks down.
JetStream Raises $34M to Fix Enterprise AI's Visibility Problem
Most companies have no idea what their AI systems are actually doing. A CrowdStrike-backed startup thinks it can change that.
International AI Regulation Tracker: Vietnam's Law Takes Effect Today as Global Rules Tighten
Vietnam becomes the latest country with a comprehensive AI law as South Korea enforces its framework, the EU prepares for August deadlines, and China cracks down on deepfakes.
AI Regulation Tracker: The Federal-State Showdown Heating Up Before March Deadline
The DOJ's AI Litigation Task Force is gearing up to sue states over AI laws, Commerce must identify targets by March 11, and chatbot safety rules are already in effect. Here's where things stand.
Agentic AI's Reality Check: 39% Are Experimenting, 11% Are Actually Using It
Enterprise adoption of AI agents is stalled by legacy systems, governance gaps, and a fundamental problem: companies keep automating broken processes instead of redesigning them.
75 Nations Sign the Delhi Declaration on AI While the US Says It 'Totally Rejects' Global Governance
India's AI Impact Summit ended with a sweeping declaration, a new US-led supply chain alliance, and a blunt American refusal to accept any international AI regulation. The contradictions tell us where AI governance is actually headed.
India's AI Summit Just Attracted $200 Billion in Commitments. What Does the Global South Actually Get?
The first major AI summit hosted in the developing world drew tech giants, heads of state, and massive investment pledges. But between the photo ops and announcements, real questions remain about who benefits.
77% of Security Teams Say They're Unprepared for AI Agent Attacks
A new Darktrace report finds most organizations lack formal AI security policies, even as attack volumes surge and AI agents gain employee-level access across enterprises.