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🚨📈 9 in 10 people in the UK, France and Germany want a global treaty on AI weapons. New polling, commissioned by the Future of Life Institute, shows citizens are overwhelmingly concerned by the rising use of AI in warfare.

This November, at the UN’s CCW Review Conference, countries could start negotiations on legally binding rules for autonomous weapons systems. The people have spoken. Now leaders must listen. 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇩🇪

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The first technology that can make itself more powerful without prompting… Delisted shows us what could go wrong with AI if we don’t set hard guardrails now.

delisted.filmDELISTED — a short film by Michael Patrick ClarksonWhen AI-driven job losses trigger violent protest in Washington DC, the government’s answer is not prison, it's erasure.

🎬🔗 Watch Delisted, and learn what you can do to steer AI to benefit humans, not replace us: delisted.film

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🎧 Hear director Michael Patrick Clarkson on the FLI Podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHmm...

Governments around the globe are using AI to surveil their citizens. AI companies are signing on. 🚨 Delisted shows what’s at stake if we don’t draw red lines now.

delisted.filmDELISTED — a short film by Michael Patrick ClarksonWhen AI-driven job losses trigger violent protest in Washington DC, the government’s answer is not prison, it's erasure.

🎬 Watch DELISTED in full: delisted.film

youtube.comDelisted: A Film About AI-Powered Social Erasure (with Michael Patrick Clarkson)YouTube video by Future of Life Institute

🎧 Hear director Michael Patrick Clarkson on the FLI Podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHmm...

“We cannot delegate matters of life and death to an algorithm.” Autonomous weapons systems are already being used on battlefields. This November, the UN CCW review conference must launch negotiations on legally binding rules. 🤝 🇳🇬 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇵🇭 🇲🇽 🇧🇷 🇺🇳🌐

A look back at our UN High-Level Week reception, hosted by Nigeria, makes it clear: “it is time to act.” Thank you to host Nigeria and the co-sponsoring states: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines...

... in addition to the pillars of multilateralism, The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, The International Committee of the Red Cross, and The Elders.

What if the government could digitally delete you? Watch DELISTED, streaming TODAY. When AI-driven job loss sparks mass protests, the government's response isn't force - it's erasure. Dissenters are Delisted: wiped from every financial, digital and legal system. Catch DELISTED at the link below

Starring Katie Parker, Jamie Bamber, Alex Bhat, Rosalind Halstead, Charlie Hiscock, Ruby Bridle Written & directed by Michael Patrick Clarkson A Space Digital production, in collaboration with Future of Life Institute Featuring "Bleed Us Anew," an original song written & performed by Ruby Bridle

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🎬🔗 Watch DELISTED on Omeleto: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpQX...

18 Sept

What. A. Day. 👥 🤝 650+ AI experts, Democrats and Republicans alike, faith leaders, parents, artists, labor unions, educators, and more, all came together this week, united by one critical message in the age of AI: We need to keep the future human. This is the Pro-Human Assembly:

prohumanassembly.orgThe Pro-Human Assembly 2026An exclusive, one-day convening in Washington DC to chart a better path for AI.

18 Sept

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14 Aug

"We’ve had people way back to Alan Turing in 1951 warning about the loss of control, that AI will start breaking out and lying and deceiving...What’s really new is this is now actually starting to happen. This is one of those moments where a lot of people need to see it." -Max Tegmark in @notus.com:

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14 Aug

notus.orgRogue AI Agents Are Alarming Researchers More Than EverA string of hacks is fueling a new sense of urgency to regulate the technology. “I have never seen so much concern,” one former industry consultant said.

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1 July

@rweingarten.bsky.social joins @futureoflife.org to talk AI in school—including screens, chatbots,& guardrails to protect privacy & thinking. “[We're] dealing with AI w/out actually having the balance right in terms of what AI does, what it means to our kids, what it means to our economy.” Listen⤵️

podcast.futureoflife.orgHow AI Is Replacing Children's Ability to Think (with Randi Weingarten) — Future of Life Institute PodcastRandi Weingarten discusses AI in education, including concerns about screens, student-facing chatbots, attention and learning, and how teachers can use AI with guardrails that protect privacy and thin...

1 July

"If you are a prompt away from lots of knowledge, then how do you actually assess whether kids have learned anything?" -@aft.org President @rweingarten.bsky.social on the latest FLI Podcast episode. 🔗 📻 Listen to the full episode now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB01...

11 May

Despite what AI companies want you to believe, AGI is not inevitable. The race-to-the-bottom to build it is not inevitable. Losing control of our future is not inevitable. We can build AI that works for humanity, instead of replacing us. This is how 👉 betterpathfor.ai

16 Mar

"Superintelligent AI will finally cure cancer" is the promise many AI companies are making to governments, investors, and consumers alike. As they claim: more intelligence = more chances of finding a cure. But as FLI's Dr. Emilia Javorsky lays out in a new essay, it's not nearly that simple. 🧵1/2

curecancer.aiAI vs CancerHow AI Can, And Can't, Cure Cancer

16 Mar

Although superintelligence may not be the magical cure-all solution CEOs are making it out to be, Emilia explains how - with intentionally dedicated resources - AI can help us find a cure to this devastating illness. 🔗 Read Emilia's diagnosis and proposed roadmap now, at curecancer.ai

4 Mar

Today, a broad coalition issued the Pro-Human AI Declaration, defining the goals of the growing Pro-Human Movement in response to Silicon Valley's destructive race to replace humans. 🧵1/3

4 Mar

Leaders from both the Left and Right; parents; faith groups; labor unions; civil society organizations; and others came together to agree on 33 AI principles, across 5 key themes ⬇️ 🧵2/3

humanstatement.orgThe Pro-Human AI DeclarationThe Pro-Human AI Declaration

4 Mar

1. Keeping Humans in Charge 2. Avoiding Concentration of Power 3. Protecting the Human Experience 4. Human Agency and Liberty 5. Responsibility and Accountability for AI Companies 🔗 Read the full Declaration & add your name now: humanstatement.org 🧵3/3

Statement from Max Tegmark, Founder and Chair of the Future of Life Institute, in the aftermath of Anthropic refusing the Department of War's ultimatum: 🧵1/7

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Even if they could be made effective, fully autonomous weapons would pose a threat not just to human dignity and liberty but to American national security: 🧵6/7

They could inadvertently fuel escalation, and would easily proliferate, putting cheap, accessible, weapons of assassination and mass destruction in the hands of non-state actors and adversaries. They should be prohibited by the US and globally.” 🧵7/7

Statement from Max Tegmark, Founder and Chair of the Future of Life Institute, in the aftermath of Anthropic refusing the Department of War's ultimatum: 🧵1/7

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We call on all AI companies to follow suit. However, our safety and basic rights must not be at the mercy of a company's internal policy; lawmakers must work to codify these overwhelmingly popular red lines into law. 🧵4/7

All AI systems should be under meaningful human control. This is especially true for those that could be used in the taking of human lives. Moreover, current AI systems are inherently unpredictable and fundamentally brittle, unsuited for very high stakes applications. 🧵5/7

Statement from Max Tegmark, Founder and Chair of the Future of Life Institute, in the aftermath of Anthropic refusing the Department of War's ultimatum: 🧵1/7

“Fully autonomous weapons systems and Orwellian AI-enabled domestic mass surveillance are affronts to our dignity and liberty. 🧵2/7

We highly commend Anthropic, OpenAI and leading researchers from across AI companies for standing up for the principle that AI should never be used to kill people without meaningful human control, and that domestic mass surveillance of US citizens is a red line that should never be crossed. 🧵3/7

26 Feb

💼 We're hiring! 💼 👉 FLI is looking for a Communications Associate to support our outreach team on media relations work, social media, and more. 📍Remote from the U.S., preferably on the west coast. 🔗 Learn more and apply by March 20th at the link in the replies, and please share widely!

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26 Feb

jobs.lever.coFuture of Life Organizations - Communications AssociateThe Future of Life Institute (FLI) is hiring a Communications Associate to join our fast-paced and dynamic team! Our outreach projects currently include (but are not limited to) top-tier press outreac...

22 Oct 2025

AI companies are racing to build superintelligent AI, despite its many risks. Let's take our future back. 📝 Sign the Superintelligence Statement and join the growing call to ban the development of superintelligence, until it can be made safely: superintelligence-statement.org #KeepTheFutureHuman

superintelligence-statement.orgStatement on Superintelligence“We call for a prohibition on the development of superintelligence, not lifted before there is (1) broad scientific consensus that it will be done safely and controllably, and (2) strong public bu...

22 Oct 2025

Add your name: superintelligence-statement.org

26 Sept 2025

🎨 New Keep the Future Human creative contest! 💰 We're offering $100K+ for creative digital media that brings the key ideas in Executive Director Anthony Aguirre's Keep the Future Human essay to life, to reach wider audiences and inspire real-world action. 🔗 Learn more and enter by Nov. 30!

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26 Sept 2025

keepthefuturehuman.aiCreative Contest - Keep The Future Human$100,000+ in prizes for creative digital media that engages with the essay's key ideas, helps them to reach a wider range of people, and motivates action in the real world.

12 Aug 2025

🚨 New AI systems. ❓ Growing uncertainty. 🤝 One shared future, for us all to shape. "Tomorrow’s AI", our new scrollytelling site, visualizes 13 interactive, expert-forecast scenarios showing how advanced AI could transform our world - for better, or for worse: www.tomorrows-ai.org

‼️📝 Our new AI Safety Index is out! ➡️ Following our 2024 index, 6 independent AI experts rated leading AI companies - OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google DeepMind, xAI, DeepSeek, and Zhipu AI - across critical safety and security domains. So what were the results? 🧵👇

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6️⃣ OpenAI secured second place, ahead of Google DeepMind. 7️⃣ Chinese AI firms Zhipu AI and DeepSeek received failing overall grades. 🧵

futureoflife.org2025 AI Safety Index - Future of Life InstituteThe Summer 2025 edition of our AI Safety Index, in which AI experts rate leading AI companies on key safety and security domains.

👉 As reviewer Stuart Russell put it, “Some companies are making token efforts, but none are doing enough… This is not a problem for the distant future; it’s a problem for today.” 🔗 Read the full report now: futureoflife.org/ai-safety-in...

Key takeaways: 1️⃣ The AI industry is fundamentally unprepared for its own stated goals. 2️⃣ Capabilities are accelerating faster than risk-management practice, and the gap between firms is widening. 🧵

3️⃣ Only 3 out of 7 firms report substantive testing for dangerous capabilities linked to large-scale risks such as bio- or cyber-terrorism (Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind). 4️⃣ Whistleblowing policy transparency remains a weak spot. 5️⃣ Anthropic received the best overall grade (C+). 🧵

12 June 2025

‼️ Congress is considering a 10-year ban on state AI laws, blocking action on risks like job loss, surveillance, disinformation, and loss of control. It’s a huge win for Big Tech - and a big risk for families. ✍️ Add your name and say no to the federal block on AI safeguards: FutureOfLife.org/Action

9 May 2025

🆕 📻 New on the FLI podcast, Zvi Mowshowitz (@thezvi.bsky.social) joins to discuss: -The recent hot topic of sycophantic AI -Time horizons of AI agents -AI in finance and scientific research -How AI differs from other technology And more. 🔗 Tune in to the full episode now at the link below: