safety

Safety is a policy focused on protecting individuals from harm, particularly in regulated industries like construction and transport, and in digital contexts like online content and artificial intelligence.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to legal challenges from tech companies over data demands, new legislative efforts to establish AI safety rules, and increased enforcement following workplace fatalities.

Latest on safety

• China AI developers publish safety tests for just 3.6% of model releases, report finds
• Following a deadly train crash, Indonesia steps up safety reforms as experts push for long-term improvements
• OpenAI Fires 3 Safety Researchers in Dispute Over AI Risks
• China's new development plan includes AI safety goals
• OpenAI denies firing researchers over AI safety warnings
• Commission holds special meeting of Scientific panel on frontier AI safety and risks
• urged the AI industry to work together as an ecosystem on safety
• The pilot's heroism stopped the crash, but the tech failed at its most critical job.
• The very systems meant to ensure safety are becoming too complex to audit.

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