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Future of Life Institute Newsletter: One Big Beautiful Bill…banning state AI laws?!
Plus: Updates on the EU AI Act Code of Practice; the Singapore Consensus; open letter from Evangelical leaders; and more.
Maggie Munro
31 May, 2025
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- Our work – An update on FLI activities and output across our cause areas.
- Policy developments – Significant governance and policy developments in the US, EU, and international institutions.
- Latest research – The latest scientific and policy research related to our cause areas.
- Top resources – A list of articles, reports, and podcasts our researchers are reading.
- Data insights – Important data and visualisations about our cause areas.
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Our team also publishes a couple of issue-specific newsletters:
The Autonomous Weapons Newsletter
Stay up-to-date on the autonomous weapons space with a monthly newsletter covering policymaking efforts, weapons systems technology, and more.
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The EU AI Act Newsletter
Up-to-date developments and analyses of the proposed EU AI law – by Risto Uuk.
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AI Action Summit Newsletter
Everything you need to know about the 2025 AI Action Summit and its context, twice per month. 🇬🇧English and 🇫🇷French.
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Not Another Big Tech Stack
A monthly perspective on AI policy, unaffiliated with any of the major AI companies. By Mark Brakel.
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Newsletter archive
Future of Life Institute Newsletter: One Big Beautiful Bill…banning state AI laws?!
Plus: Updates on the EU AI Act Code of Practice; the Singapore Consensus; open letter from Evangelical leaders; and more.
Maggie Munro
31 May, 2025
Future of Life Institute Newsletter: Where are the safety teams?
Plus: Online course on worldbuilding for positive futures with AI; new publications about AI; our Digital Media Accelerator; and more.
Maggie Munro
1 May, 2025
Future of Life Institute Newsletter: Recommendations for the AI Action Plan
Plus: FLI Executive Director's new essay on keeping the future human; "Slaughterbots: A treaty on the horizon"; apply to our new Digital Media Accelerator; and more!
Maggie Munro
31 March, 2025
Future of Life Institute Newsletter: Meet PERCEY
Introducing our new AI awareness companion; notes from the AI Action Summit and IASEAI; a new short film on AI replacing human labour; and more!
Maggie Munro
5 March, 2025
Future of Life Institute Newsletter: The AI ‘Shadow of Evil’
Notes from the Vatican on AI; the first International AI Safety Report; DeepSeek disrupts; a youth-focused video essay on superintelligence, by youth; grant and job opportunities; and more!
Maggie Munro
31 January, 2025
Future of Life Institute Newsletter: 2024 in Review
Reflections on another massive year; major AI companies score disappointing safety grades; our 2024 Future of Life Award winners; and more!
Maggie Munro
31 December, 2024
Future of Life Institute Newsletter: Tool AI > Uncontrollable AGI
Max Tegmark on AGI vs. Tool AI; magazine covers from a future with superintelligence; join our new digital experience as a beta tester; and more.
Maggie Munro
2 December, 2024
Future of Life Institute Newsletter: Illustrating Superintelligence
Need a break from US election news? Explore the results of our $70K creative contest; new national security AI guidance from the White House; polling teens on AI; and much more.
Maggie Munro
1 November, 2024
Future of Life Institute Newsletter: On SB 1047, Gov. Newsom Caves to Big Tech
A disappointing outcome for the AI safety bill, updates from UNGA, our $1.5 million grant for global risk convergence research, and more.
Maggie Munro
1 October, 2024
Future of Life Institute Newsletter: California’s AI Safety Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk
Latest policymaking updates, OpenAI safety team reportedly halved, moving towards an AWS treaty, and more.
Maggie Munro
30 August, 2024