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Sam Altman is hiring someone to worry about the dangers of AI

Terrence O’Brien / theverge - OpenAI is hiring a Head of Preparedness. Or, in other words, someone whose primary job is to think about all the ways AI could go horribly, horribly wrong. In a post on X, Sam Altman announced the position by acknowledging that the rapid improvement of AI…


Emerging AI Risks & Misuse

2 in 3 Americans think AI will cause major harm to humans in the next 20 years [pdf]

2 months / ycombinator

OpenAI's Sam Altman warned of AI's "superhuman persuasion" in 2023, and 2025 proved him right

2 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

AI Chatbots Linked to Psychosis, Say Doctors

2 months / wsj / Sam Schechner

Researchers Show Some Robots Can Be Hijacked Just Through Spoken Commands

2 months / slashdot / EditorDavid

Racist AI content is spreading fast — and swaying political opinions

2 months / axios / Josephine Walker


OpenAI Preparedness Hiring

OpenAI looks to hire a new Head of Preparedness to deal with AIs dangers

2 months / mashable

OpenAI is looking for a new Head of Preparedness

2 months / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

‘This Will Be a Stressful Job’: OpenAI Is Hiring for a Position That Sounds Horrifying

2 months / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

OpenAI is Hiring a New 'Head of Preparedness' to Predict/Mitigate AI's Harms

2 months / slashdot / EditorDavid

OpenAI is hiring a new Head of Preparedness to try to predict and mitigate AI's harms

2 months / engadget / Cheyenne MacDonald

Sam Altman is hiring someone to worry about the dangers of AI

2 months / theverge / Terrence O’Brien

OpenAI seeks new "Head of Preparedness" for AI risks like cyberattacks and mental health

2 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian


Other Tech and Product Developments

Ask HN: Anti-AI Open Source License?

2 months / ycombinator

Britain Pushed Ahead With Green Power. Its Grid Can’t Handle It.

2 months / wsj / Rebecca Feng

finding codex to be really good at large codebase understanding

2 months / x / @gdb

finding codex to be really good at codebase understanding

2 months / x / @gdb

Claude Code creator says Claude wrote all his code for the last month

2 months / ycombinator

Microsoft CEO Nadella tells managers Copilot's Gmail and Outlook integrations ‘don't really work’ and steps in to fix them

2 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Why your AI companion is not your friend

2 months / ft

OpenAI's ChatGPT ads will allegedly prioritize sponsored content in answers

2 months / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Hollywood cozied up to AI in 2025 and had nothing good to show for it

2 months / reddit / /u/Moonskaraos

AI giants join forces on Genesis Mission

2 months / therundown / Zach Mink

Google’s Flash-y new Gemini 3 release

2 months / therundown / Zach Mink

OpenAI answers Google with major image upgrade

2 months / therundown / Zach Mink


Political & Economic Debate Over AI

The Democratic split in US over whether to befriend AI — or vilify it

2 months / politico / Calder Mchugh

The Democratic Split Over Whether to Befriend AI

2 months / politico / Calder McHugh

‘We have to reject that with every fiber of our being’: DeSantis emerges as a chief AI skeptic

2 months / politico / Andrew Atterbury

Draft Chinese AI Rules Outline ‘Core Socialist Values’ for AI Human Personality Simulators

2 months / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Sal Khan: Companies Should Give 1% of Profits To Retrain Workers Displaced By AI

2 months / slashdot / EditorDavid

Salesforce Executives Say Trust in Large Language Models Has Declined

2 months / reddit / /u/EnigmaticEmir

Are you afraid of AI making you unemployable within the next few years?, Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI and many other links from Hacker News

2 months / reddit / /u/alexeestec

Chasing an Economic Boom, White House Dismisses Risks of A.I.

2 months / reddit / /u/MetaKnowing


All Other Stories

OpenAI is hiring someone to worry about the risks of AI

2 months / mobilesyrup / Matthew Mountjoy

OpenAI offers 555k salary for stressful head of preparedness role

2 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

OpenAI Seeks AI Safety-Focused ‘Head of Preparedness’

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

OpenAI hiring senior preparedness lead as AI safety scrutiny grows

2 months / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

OpenAI is looking to hire a new executive responsible for studying emerging AI-related risks in areas ranging from computer security to mental health.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Sam Altman says Google is 'still a huge threat' and ChatGPT will be declaring code red 'maybe twice a year for a long time'

2 months / reddit / /u/chusskaptaan

Lawmakers sound the alarm on AI’s impact on children, jobs

2 months / reddit / /u/ChiefFun

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just publicly admitted that AI agents are becoming a problem

2 months / reddit / /u/No_Cheetah_8863

Democratic insiders are divided on how to channel Americans’ growing fear of AI. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

2 months / bsky / @newnarrative.bsky.social / newnarrative.bsky.social

It’s become a common occurrence: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer posts a light-hearted video on social media. She’s Christmas shopping, or she’s talking about her Michigan accent or she’s touting he...

2 months / bsky / @democracyactionnet.bsky.social / democracyactionnet.bsky.social

‘We have to reject that with every fiber of our being’: DeSantis emerges as a chief AI skeptic

2 months / reddit / /u/bummed_athlete

Racist AI content is spreading fast — and swaying political opinions

2 months / bsky / @uspol.skyfleet.blue / uspol.skyfleet.blue

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More original AirPods test colors revealed

appleinsider - A new leak has added to the list of colors Apple is known to have tried out before releasing its all-white AirPods charging cases back in 2016.Purported test colors for 2016's original AirPods charging cases — image credit: KosutamiIt is an unbelievable n…

#hardware #mobiletech #innovation #wearables #techpolicy #apple #technology #airpods #gadgets #bluetooth

Leaked Prototypes Reveal Apple Once Tested Pink and Yellow AirPods

2 months / digitaltrends

Images Reveal Apple's Abandoned Pink and Yellow AirPods Prototypes Inspired by the iPhone 5c

2 months / iclarified

A new leak has added to the list of colors Apple is known to have tried out before releasing its all-white AirPods charging cases back in 2016.

2 months / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

More original AirPods test colors revealed

2 months / appleinsider

Apple Tested AirPods in Bright Colors

2 months / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Back to Top / Saturday, December 27, 2025, 12:20 pm / permalink 17312 / 5 stories in 2 months


New York State will now require warning labels on social media platforms

mashable - New York State will now require warning labels on social media platforms

#techpolicy #digitalhealth #government #mentalhealth #law #contentmoderation #regulation

New York State will now require warning labels on social media platforms

2 months / mashable

New York to require social media platforms to display mental health warnings

2 months / ycombinator

Back to Top / Saturday, December 27, 2025, 11:20 am / permalink 17310 / 2 stories in 2 months


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