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Established AI field signal Signal 13d ago
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Ai terrorism boko haram nigeria

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Hypervisible Peter Henderson Sean O hEigeartaigh Isaiah Bishop

““Like much of corporate America, the terrorist groups appear to have teams dedicated solely to working on A.I.””

“This is wild, but really great investigative journalism. I guess all the jailbreaking papers trying to prevent "How do I build a bomb?" queries have been vindicated... So much for it being an unrealistic scenario... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/u... casp.ac/r…”

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Established Policy & governance Resource 10d ago
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Cambridge AI policy programme

CASP — Cambridge Programme on AI Science & Policy | University of Cambridge

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Peter Henderson Sean O hEigeartaigh Dan Hon Stephen Turner Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo Jed Brown

“This is wild, but really great investigative journalism. I guess all the jailbreaking papers trying to prevent "How do I build a bomb?" queries have been vindicated... So much for it being an unrealistic scenario... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/u... casp.ac/r…”

“can you imagine someone out there is acting in the role of ai / tech evangelist and persuading people in boko haram that it's totally a good idea to use llm chatbots, like a shingy for terrorists: casp.ac/reports/ai-e...”

Primary source casp.ac ↗
Established Policy & governance Analysis 9d ago
UTAW AI trust governance essay

UTAW: Trust is not Governance

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Andreas Kirsch David Picard Sean O hEigeartaigh

“As published by @utaw.tech: utaw.tech/news/trust-... The full essay, with all sources and easier to read citations, is here: www.blackhc.net/essays/trus... Speaking in my personal capacity as a UTAW member, not on behalf of Google or DeepMind.”

“Thoughtful essay from Andreas Kirsch about corporate governance, surveillance and military uses of AI, and the Google/Pentagon contract. Worth a read. utaw.tech/news/trust-i...”

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Andreas Kirsch: I work at Google DeepMind. This won't make me popular. But it's all public reporting: 2014: DeepMind reportedly sold to Google on conditions: no military use, independent oversight 2026: a Pentagon…
Andreas Kirsch: I'm a Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, writing in my personal capacity. More than 600 colleagues and I signed an open letter asking Sundar Pichai not to put our AI models on classified…
Andreas Kirsch: What was signed? According to The Information, the contract permits "any lawful government purpose," requires Google to help adjust safety settings and filters at the government's request, and give…
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Primary source utaw.tech ↗
Established Safety & security Research 19d ago
Philosophy tech disagreement response paper

Caring for Disagreement: Response to ÓhÉigeartaigh and Corsi - Philosophy & Technology

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Sean O hEigeartaigh

“A thoughtful and generous response by Matthew Willis to Giulio Corsi and my commentary on their paper in Philosophy and Technology. I'm particularly grateful to the journal for supporting this kind of academic dialogue; I think it's very helpful. link.sprin…”

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