Risk Assessment

Lifesaving Runway Bed Stops Jet Near Freeway

A Bombardier Challenger 300 that overran a runway in Boca Raton on September 3, 2025 was brought to a safe stop by an Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS). The FAA release… Jan 05, 2026

Technology

Pioneer: AI Is Showing Self‑Preservation

Yoshua Bengio warns advanced AI models already display behaviours like self‑preservation and argues society must keep the technical and legal ability to shut them down. Experts, c… Dec 31, 2025

A.I

Kaplan Warns: AI Explosion by 2030

Anthropic chief scientist Jared Kaplan says a decision window between 2027 and 2030 could let AI begin recursive self‑improvement — triggering a rapid intelligence explosion unles… Dec 14, 2025

Environment

Who Will Clean Up US Magnesium?

US Magnesium's Chapter 11 filing and long environmental record have left regulators and local advocates scrambling to identify who will pay for at least $100 million in cleanup ne… Dec 07, 2025

Robotics

Figure AI Faces Whistleblower Suit Over ‘Skull‑Fracturing’ Robots

A former safety engineer has sued Figure AI, alleging he was fired after warning executives that the startup’s humanoid robots were powerful enough to fracture a human skull and t… Nov 22, 2025

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Lifesaving Runway Bed Stops Jet Near Freeway

Pioneer: AI Is Showing Self‑Preservation

Kaplan Warns: AI Explosion by 2030

Who Will Clean Up US Magnesium?

Figure AI Faces Whistleblower Suit Over ‘Skull‑Fracturing’ Robots