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Everything worth reading about AI and human control. In one place.

Research papers, investigations, explainers, videos, laws and the organizations doing the work, from people who are alarmed and people who are skeptical. New additions are checked by two people before they are listed. The launch collection was compiled with the help of AI research assistants, and every link was opened and checked on 22 September 2026.

2 works on “Who is in charge?” · Statement or letter · clear filters

Statement or letterAug 18, 2026For the curious

Pacing model development in an era of cyber-critical capabilities

OpenAI · openai.com

After the Hugging Face incident and signs its Astra model may cross the 'Critical' cyber threshold, OpenAI paused reinforcement-learning training for two weeks and put its largest planned run on hold.

Worth knowing: The company's own account; the slowdown was voluntary.

Statement or letterMay 21, 2024For the curious

Frontier AI Safety Commitments, AI Seoul Summit 2024

16 AI companies (later 20); published by the UK and Republic of Korea governments · GOV.UK

Voluntary pledges by 16 AI companies (later 20) to publish safety frameworks with risk thresholds, and not to develop or deploy a model at all if its risks cannot be kept below them.

Worth knowing: Voluntary and not legally binding.