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.
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Over a thousand staff at OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta and other labs ask the US government to back an international effort to build tools for deliberately pacing frontier AI development.
Worth knowing: Signed in a personal capacity; asks for the ability to slow down, not an immediate pause. OpenAI and Anthropic later endorsed it as companies.
Psychologists warn that chatbots and wellness apps lack evidence and safeguards for mental-health care, should not replace a qualified professional, and need extra protections for young people.
A one-sentence statement, signed by leading AI scientists and the heads of OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic, saying that reducing the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority.
Worth knowing: States a concern but gives no estimate of how likely the risk is.
Calls for a ban on developing superintelligence until there is broad scientific consensus it can be done safely and controllably, and strong public buy-in; signed by scientists and public figures.
Worth knowing: Organised by the Future of Life Institute, an advocacy nonprofit; the signature count includes a public petition.