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April 4, 2018/by Ariel Conn

AI and Robotics Researchers Boycott South Korea Tech Institute Over Development of AI Weapons Technology

UPDATE 4-9-18: The boycott against KAIST has ended. The press…

March 29, 2018/by The FLI Team

2018 Spring Conference: Invest in Minds Not Missiles

March 15, 2018/by Tucker Davey

How AI Handles Uncertainty: An Interview With Brian Ziebart

March 14, 2018/by Max Tegmark

Stephen Hawking in Memoriam

March 8, 2018/by Kirsten Gronlund

Can Global Warming Stay Below 1.5 Degrees? Views Differ Among Climate Scientists

Featured Stories

March 30, 2018/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: Navigating AI Safety – From Malicious Use to Accidents

Is the malicious use of artificial intelligence inevitable?…

February 28, 2018/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: AI and the Value Alignment Problem with Meia Chita-Tegmark and Lucas Perry

January 31, 2018/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: Top AI Breakthroughs and Challenges of 2017 with Richard Mallah and Chelsea Finn

January 26, 2018/by Tucker Davey

Rewinding the Doomsday Clock

December 21, 2017/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: Beneficial AI and Existential Hope in 2018

Artificial Intelligence News

February 27, 2018/by Jessica Cussins

How to Prepare for the Malicious Use of AI

How can we forecast, prevent, and (when necessary) mitigate the…

February 27, 2018/by Rob Bensinger

MIRI’s February 2018 Newsletter

February 26, 2018/by Tucker Davey

Optimizing AI Safety Research: An Interview With Owen Cotton-Barratt

February 13, 2018/by Sarah Marquart

Transparent and Interpretable AI: an interview with Percy Liang

Biotechnology News

November 27, 2017/by Ariel Conn

Help Support FLI This Giving Tuesday

We’ve accomplished a lot. FLI has only been around for a few…

September 29, 2017/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: Choosing a Career to Tackle the World’s Biggest Problems with Rob Wiblin and Brenton Mayer

September 28, 2017/by Ariel Conn

The Future of Humanity Institute Releases Three Papers on Biorisks

July 6, 2017/by a guest blogger

FHI Quarterly Update (July 2017)

December 8, 2017/by Ariel Conn

ICAN Awarded Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, Here’s Why

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November 15, 2017/by Ariel Conn

Three Tweets to Midnight: Nuclear Crisis Stability and the Information Ecosystem

November 3, 2017/by a guest blogger

Scientists to Congress: The Iran Deal is a Keeper

October 27, 2017/by Tucker Davey

55 Years After Preventing Nuclear Attack, Arkhipov Honored With Inaugural Future of Life Award

February 22, 2018/by Kirsten Gronlund

As Acidification Increases, Ocean Biodiversity May Decline

Dubbed “the evil twin of global warming,” ocean acidification…

February 6, 2018/by Tucker Davey

As CO2 Levels Rise, Scientists Question Best- and Worst-Case Scenarios of Climate Change

November 20, 2017/by a guest blogger

Harvesting Water Out of Thin Air: A Solution to Water Shortage Crisis?

November 15, 2017/by Tucker Davey

15,000 Scientists Sign “Second Notice” Warning About Climate Change

Congratulations to the AI Project Grant Recipients!

Congratulations to all the researchers who were awarded grants to further the science behind AI safety. Click on the award icon to learn more about their research.