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Geoffrey Irving

Former Chief Scientist, AI Security Institute · former chief scientist at AISI

Titles as the sources gave them. In 5 entries, with 2 checked quotations.

What they said

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“We should stop AI progress now, starting unilaterally with Anthropic and/or OpenAI stopping”
Was this the AI election?Transformer, October 30, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. Geoffrey Irving's reply to Sigal Samuel, as quoted by Transformer.
“It’s very likely that open source models are already powerful enough to do serious damage”
The power of AI is worrying senior Labour figures – as is the fear of ‘falling behind the public’The Guardian, October 17, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. Irving, who spoke at the parliamentary hearing, told the Guardian open source would soon reach the capabilities of OpenAI and Anthropic products.

In the Base

Every entry they appear in.

  1. NewsTransformerSpeaks

    Was this the AI election?

    Transformer's weekly briefing argues that AI is not a top issue for most voters before the US midterms, but that campaigns' behaviour suggests it matters at the margin. It also summarises Anthropic's IPO filing, new congressional letters, and OpenAI's training-environment fix.

  2. Podcast80,000 HoursMentioned

    Has your project been overtaken by events? 8 strategic updates | Rob Wiblin

    In a 14-minute address to AI company staff, Rob Wiblin of 80,000 Hours urges them to reassess whether their work delays or improves recursive self-improvement, argues several safety approaches have lost value, and proposes that technical staff collectively push their employers to pace the frontier.

  3. VideoControlAISpeaks

    Top AI Scientist Tells MPs: Don’t Build It.

    According to the description, ControlAI posted a clip of Geoffrey Irving, former Chief Scientist of the AI Security Institute, telling MPs that AI companies wrongly assume nobody else will act on the race to superintelligence and that they cannot exit it themselves.

  4. NewsThe GuardianSpeaks

    The power of AI is worrying senior Labour figures – as is the fear of ‘falling behind the public’

    The Guardian reports that, after the Labour conference, senior figures are privately naming AI as a top worry, citing an AI minister's warning on rogue agents, MI5's warning on bioweapons, and a committee hearing. It also records voices urging caution about slowing adoption.

  5. NewsWiredSpeaks

    OpenAI and Anthropic Tell British Lawmakers: Regulate Us

    Wired reports on the Commons Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee's October 13 session. It says Anthropic and OpenAI representatives backed new laws, OpenAI more cautiously, Google DeepMind and Meta did not, and officials described the UK regime as voluntary. A ControlAI clip shows an MP questioning OpenAI about a delay in telling Australia's government of an incident.