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On Feb. 28, I was honoured to receive the King Charles III Coronation Medal in recognition of my contributions to deep learning. Thank you to Senator Andrew Cardozo for presenting me with this important distinction!

Le 28 février, j'ai eu l'honneur de recevoir la Médaille du couronnement du roi Charles III en reconnaissance de mes contributions en apprentissage profond. Je remercie le Sénateur Andrew Cardozo de m'avoir remis cette importante distinction!

Je recommande vivement la pièce Une vie intelligente de Dominique Leclerc qui est présentée au Théâtre Duceppe jusqu'au 29 mars. Il s'agit d'un produit culturel très pertinent et utile pour comprendre l'ampleur des répercussions de l'IA sur nos vies. duceppe.com/une-vie-intell…

In this interview with Dr Stephanie Hare for BBC News (UK), I shared my recent thoughts on the progression of models in programming and reasoning, and especially on how the next frontier, agency, will force us to quickly develop technical and societal safeguards. youtube.com/watch?v=3cFk22…

The 3rd draft of the EU's GPAI Code of Practice has just been published. It provides clarity on a way to comply with the EU AI Act. I've been co-chairing the Safety & Security Section, focused on managing risks at the frontier of AI development. Full text: code-of-practice.ai/?section=safet…

We welcome continued feedback and discussion as we head into the final stages of drafting.

I recommend reading this paper ⬇️ It makes an evidence-based case that, without substantial effort to prevent it, AGIs trained like today’s top models could learn misaligned goals, hide them from their developers, and pursue them by seeking power.

Very relevant piece by Kevin Roose in The New York Times, 3 points that particularly resonate with me: 1⃣ AGI's arrival raises major economic, political and technological questions to which we currently have no answers. 2⃣ If we're in denial (or simply not paying attention), we could

Over 100 researchers are issuing a statement today that reiterates the scientific consensus that AI can exacerbate bias and discrimination. The last three U.S. Administrations — including the first Trump Administration — and 192 other nations have recognized this basic fact.

This metric from METR shows the length of tasks AI agents can complete has been consistently exponentially increasing over the past 6 years, with a doubling time of around 7 months. Increased agency in AI systems can lead to numerous risks, and truly effective guardrails

I recommend reading this scenario-type prediction by Daniel Kokotajlo and others on how AI could transform the world in just a few years. Nobody has a crystal ball, but this type of content can help notice important questions and illustrate the potential impact of emerging risks.

The room is full for Yoshua Bengio's Richard M. Karp Distinguished Lecture on "Superintelligent Agents Pose Catastrophic Risks — Can Scientist AI Offer a Safer Path?" at the Simons Institute. Umesh Vazirani getting ready to introduce Yoshua Bengio. simons.berkeley.edu/events/superin…

The most advanced AI systems will likely exist first within the companies that developed them, with little opportunity to collectively prepare for their impacts. This dynamic creates unique risks highlighted in this recent paper by Apollo Research and should become a growing

I view SB 813 as a step forward—particularly in fostering innovation in AI safety through the creation of independent multi-stakeholder regulatory organizations (MROs). It would also set in motion crucial work to establish the legal infrastructure and adaptive standards needed to

Rival nations or companies sometimes choose to cooperate because some areas are protected zones of mutual interest—reducing shared risks without giving competitors an edge. Our paper in FAccT '25: How geopolitical rivals can cooperate on AI safety research in ways that benefit

Across continents and institutions, the Singapore Alignment Workshop brought top minds together on frontier AI safety. 30 talks covered superintelligence risk (Yoshua Bengio), safety pre-training (Zico Kolter), emergent misalignment (Owain Evans), & more—thank you all!

Grateful to World Summit AI: We do AI different. for the opportunity to speak about the risks of the current AI trajectory, and to share my vision for a safer alternative: Scientist AI. You can listen to my talk here: youtube.com/watch?v=Slv33y… 📽️ Filmed at World Summit AI Canada, created by

This important gathering demonstrated global convergence around the technical challenges in AI safety. By facilitating meaningful exchanges between scientists and policymakers, we can work to build a trusted ecosystem that delivers maximum innovation while harnessing AI for the

Two years ago, I've reoriented my research to try to make AI safe by design. In this TIME op-ed, I present my team's direction called "Scientist AI"; a practical, effective and more secure alternative to the current uncontrolled agency-driven trajectory. time.com/7283507/safer-…