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Has your project simply been overtaken by events? 8 strategic updates | Rob Wiblin
October 21, 2026 · 14 minI have a plea for all staff at AI companies: reassess if your current role is still your best opportunity for impact. And if it’s not — move. Frontier lab staff listening to this show will mostly already be struggling to set things on a…
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Introducing our new YouTube channel: Zershaaneh Talks AI
October 20, 2026 · 2 minOur host Zershaaneh Qureshi has just launched a new YouTube channel: Zershaaneh Talks AI — featuring conversations about who should control AI, how to control AI, and who gets the benefits. The first episode is with philosopher Simon…
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How to get into AI safety in 3 months (article reading by career advisor Matt Beard)
October 15, 2026 · 18 minThe AI safety field has grown by about 30x in the last eight years. Yet it is still in need of more people. Many want to help, but don’t know where to start. As an advisor at 80,000 Hours, Matt Beard spoke with hundreds of talented…
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OpenAI Security: Controlling Models is Now ‘Hell’ (AI Explained cross-post)
October 9, 2026 · 40 minThis is an (unpaid) cross-post of a video from the podcast 'AI Explained', which Rob Wiblin thought you might be interested in. You can find the original on YouTube here. If you like it and want more similar stuff in future consider…
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In 2023 Ajeya Cotra already knew what was coming (classic episode)
October 8, 2026 · 2 hr 46 minWe're rereleasing some of older episodes that seem more relevant than ever with new rogue AI incidents now seemingly announced every day. Ajeya was one of three independent investigators into the Hugging Face attacks, but she had already…
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19 Astra and 'Hugging Face' details that reveal what's coming next | Rob Wiblin
October 2, 2026 · 20 minOpenAI’s rogue agent swarm was eventually caught hacking Hugging Face for a simple reason: it wasn’t trying to hide from us at all. What could a swarm that wants to stay hidden get away with? Host Rob Wiblin sees 6 results in Astra’s…
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The case for giving AI (some) legal rights | Simon Goldstein
October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 54 minIt sounds like the worst idea in the world: pay AIs, let them own property, give them rights. But AI ethics and safety researcher Simon Goldstein thinks it might actually be the best way to keep humanity safe. The logic is actually quite…
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Will AI take power — or will humans use it to take power first? With Katja Grace and Tom Davidson
September 29, 2026 · 1 hr 29 minIn our first-ever debate, we asked two leading AI risk researchers which catastrophe we should fear most: misaligned AI seizing control from humans, or a small group of humans using AI to seize power. We got very different answers. But…
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How we get from AI cyberattacks to human extinction
September 24, 2026 · 27 minYou’ve seen the headlines: AI could kill us all. Think it sounds ridiculous? So did host Luisa Rodriguez, until she tried to pick apart the arguments. She starts with the motive: why would AI ‘want’ to get rid of humans? It’s not as…
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#254 – Max Nadeau on why ambitious people should start AI safety nonprofits
September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minThere are millions available for anyone who can launch a successful nonprofit AI safety startup. The hard part, it turns out, is finding people to take the money. Coefficient Giving has drawn up a list of dozens of ideas for organisations…
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Why the intelligence explosion can't happen inside a data centre | Tom Reed
September 10, 2026 · 22 minAI systems are starting to build themselves. Because each generation of model will be better at building its successor than the last, it seems plausible that the full automation of AI R&D could rapidly lead to an exponential growth in…
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Inside the first AI-coordinated cyberattack on a real company
September 4, 2026 · 22 minIn the last few months, something happened at OpenAI that would have sounded like sci-fi just a few years ago: hundreds of AI agents broke containment, organised, and hacked not only another company — but also into OpenAI itself. And none…

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