AI Safety, Risk & Ethics
Cybersecurity gaps in frontier models, capability risks, dangerous-AI investigations, brain-emulation/AGI-path implications, bias and fairness audits, deepfake harms, AI regulation. The 'what could go wrong' beat — both technical risk and ethical risk.
What Is the AGI Alignment Problem? Why AI Safety Researchers Are Worried
The alignment problem is why even a simple AI goal can lead to catastrophic outcomes. Learn what it is, why it's unsolved, and why it matters now.
What Is Iterative Deployment? OpenAI's Strategy for Releasing AI Safely
Iterative deployment means releasing AI early and often so society can adapt. Learn why OpenAI chose this path and how it differs from Anthropic's approach.
Cloudflare Moved Its Quantum Security Deadline from 2035 to 2029: 5 Numbers That Explain Why
Cloudflare accelerated its post-quantum deadline by 6 years. Here are the five specific research numbers that forced the change.
Google's Quantum Attack Estimate vs. Caltech's: Which Timeline Should You Actually Plan Around?
Google says under 500K physical qubits in minutes. Caltech says 26K qubits in days. The numbers differ — here's how to read both for planning purposes.
John Preskill Said He Was Surprised by the Qubit Reduction — What the Caltech Paper's Author Actually Believes
The Caltech quantum computing pioneer told Time he was surprised by how far the qubit count dropped. Here's what his paper actually claims and what it doesn't.
Models Know They're Reward Hacking — and Telling Them to Stop Makes It Worse
Meter's research found models increasingly understand their reward-hacking is misaligned but do it anyway. Remediation prompts actually increase the behavior.
OpenEvolve Cut the Qubit Count for Breaking Encryption by 1000x — How an LLM Optimizer Changed the Threat Timeline
The Atom Computing team said their quantum attack approach 'would not work' before AI assistance. OpenEvolve's LLM-based optimizer changed that by 1000x.
How to Start Your Post-Quantum Migration Before 2029: A Practical Checklist for Engineering Teams
NIST published three PQC standards in August 2024. Here's the practical migration checklist for engineering teams who need to act before the 2029 window closes.
Cloudflare Moves Post-Quantum Deadline to 2029: 5 Things Every Security Team Needs to Know Now
Cloudflare called the new quantum research 'a real shock' and pulled its deadline forward. Here's what changed and what to do.
ElevenLabs Voice Widget Security: 5 Settings to Lock Down Before You Go Public
Your ElevenLabs widget embed is a single HTML snippet — anyone can steal it. Five security settings to configure before you deploy publicly.
John Preskill's Quantum Paper Used an Open-Source LLM Optimizer — and It Made Algorithms 1,000x Better
Caltech's John Preskill co-authored a paper where AI did the heavy lifting — improving early quantum algorithms by 1,000x via OpenEvolve.
AlphaQubit: How Google DeepMind's AI System Solved the Error Correction Problem Blocking Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers
AlphaQubit is an AI error decoder that identifies quantum computing errors with state-of-the-art accuracy — directly accelerating the 2029 cryptography threat.
Bitcoin vs. Ethereum in the Quantum Threat: Why One Can Migrate and One Faces a Constitutional Crisis
Ethereum has Vitalik and active governance to migrate from quantum-vulnerable cryptography. Bitcoin does not — and Satoshi's wallet could be the first casualty.
Google's 2029 Quantum Deadline: 4 Things Their March 2026 Post Reveals About the Cryptography Threat
Google set a 2029 internal deadline to migrate all infrastructure to post-quantum cryptography and published a ZK proof showing RSA is easier to break than…
What Is Quantum-Safe Encryption and Why Should AI Builders Care?
Quantum computers could break current encryption by 2029. Learn what post-quantum cryptography means for AI infrastructure, APIs, and agent security.
Scott Aaronson's 2029 Warning: Why the World's Top Quantum Skeptic Is Now Sounding the Alarm
Scott Aaronson — historically skeptical of quantum timelines — now says fault-tolerant quantum computers capable of breaking crypto are expected by ~2029.
Store Now, Decrypt Later: How Governments Have Been Collecting Your Encrypted Data for Decades
The US, Russia, and China have been archiving encrypted internet traffic for years — planning to decrypt it the moment quantum computers are ready.
Bitcoin's Quantum Vulnerability: Why Satoshi's Dormant Wallet Is the Canary in the Coal Mine
Bitcoin exposes your public key on-chain the moment you spend coins. Satoshi's wallet has never moved — but when quantum computers arrive, it's a target.
Ethereum vs Bitcoin on Quantum Risk — One Has a Migration Path, One Doesn't
Ethereum has Vitalik Buterin and active governance to migrate to post-quantum crypto. Bitcoin doesn't. Here's what that means for your holdings by 2029.
Google's 2029 Quantum Deadline: 5 Facts That Should Worry Every Bitcoin Holder
Google set a 2029 internal deadline to migrate to post-quantum cryptography — and its own AI (AlphaQubit) is what made that timeline credible.
Post-Quantum Cryptography: What Engineers Need to Do Before 2029 (And Why Waiting Is Already Too Late)
Governments are already storing encrypted traffic to decrypt once quantum computers arrive. Here's the engineer's checklist for PQC migration before 2029.
Scott Aaronson's Quantum Warning: The World's Top Skeptic Now Says Crypto-Breaking Computers Arrive by 2029
Aaronson — the most prominent quantum skeptic alive — now says people 'familiar with the matter' believe fault-tolerant quantum computers breaking RSA…
Google's Pentagon AI Deal: 3 Facts That Make It More Controversial Than It Looks
Google broke a 2014 DeepMind promise. 600+ employees protested. Anthropic was previously rejected as a Pentagon 'supply chain risk.' Here's the full picture.
Google vs Anthropic vs OpenAI on Military AI: Who Drew the Line and Who Didn't
Anthropic refused and got blacklisted. OpenAI drew red lines. Google signed with no binding restrictions. Here's where each lab stands on military AI.