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AI firms ‘unprepared’ for dangers of building human-level systems, report warns

Secondary article The Guardian
Published: 2025-07-17 Accessed: 2026-05-02
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Summary

A report by the Future of Life Institute warns that AI developers lack coherent plans to ensure safety while pursuing artificial general intelligence.

Key quotes

The industry is fundamentally unprepared for its own stated goals.
none of the firms on its AI safety index scored higher than a D for “existential safety planning”.

The article details the Future of Life Institute’s AI safety index, which evaluated seven major developers including OpenAI and Google DeepMind. It also mentions a similar warning from the non-profit SaferAI.