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World ‘may not have time’ to prepare for AI safety risks, says leading researcher

AI safety expert David Dalrymple said rapid advances could outpace efforts to control powerful systems

The Guardian - UK

Third of UK citizens have used AI for emotional support, research reveals

AI Security Institute report finds most common type of AI tech used was general purpose assistants such as ChatGPT and Amazon Alexa

The Guardian - UK

Google DeepMind agrees to sweeping research collaboration with the U.K. government

The collaboration will see the AI company collaborating with the British government on a robotic lab for new materials, fusion energy, and new research into AI safety and the societal impacts of AI

Fortune

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AI will ‘pain whole swathe of UK economy before providing net benefit’

The greatest AI-driven cyber threat is its ability to find weak spots in digital spaces, the CTO of the National Cyber Security Centre has said.

Evening Standard

Mitigating AI-related risks: soft approach, hard approach or something in the middle?

As AI technology continues to evolve, the differences between regulatory approaches is becoming more apparent.

TechRadar

AI safety advocates slam Trump administration’s reported targeting of standards agency

The U.S.’s fledgling AI Safety Institute is reportedly about to be gutted by mass layoffs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Fortune

Experts ‘deeply concerned’ as Government agency drops focus on bias in AI

The AI Safety Institute is being renamed the AI Security Institute to reflect a greater focus on crime and national security issues.

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The U.K. isn't so worried about AI safety anymore

In a move seemingly designed to ensure the U.K. remains in lockstep with the U.S., the British AI Safety Institute has been reimagined.

Fortune

Rebranded AI Security Institute to drop focus on bias and free speech

The agency, previously the AI Safety Institute, will have a renewed focus on crime and national security.

The Independent UK

UK government’s AI plan gives a glimpse of how it plans to regulate the technology

The UK government recently published its plan for using AI to boost growth and deliver services more efficiently. It also suggests a fundamental shift in how the UK aims to position itself as a global leader in AI innovation.

The Conversation

British AI startup with government ties is developing tech for military drones

Exclusive: Concerns raised over role of Faculty AI, which has worked with NHS and government safety body

The Guardian - UK

Claude 3.5 suggests AI’s looming ubiquity could be a good thing

In this week’s newsletter: If you don’t like chatbots popping up everywhere, get ready to be peeved. But the latest version of Anthropic’s shows AI is becoming more useful – and, crucially, affordable

The Guardian - UK

UK AI Safety Institute to open new US office

Britain expands its AI Safety Institute by opening a new office in the US, as well as committing to Canada collaboration.

TechRadar

AI guardrails can be easily beaten, even if you don't mean to

Generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini can be jailbroken to give malicious answers way too easily.

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The Guardian - UK

AI chatbots’ safeguards can be easily bypassed, say UK researchers

Five systems tested were found to be ‘highly vulnerable’ to attempts to elicit harmful responses

The Guardian - UK

AI safeguards can easily be broken, UK Safety Institute finds

Researchers find large language models, which power chatbots, can deceive human users and help spread disinformation

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