Current AI Risk Assessment

27.41%

Chance of AI Control Loss

September 6, 2035

Estimated Date of Control Loss

AGI Development Metrics?

79.38%

AGI Progress

September 16, 2029

Estimated Date of AGI

Risk Trend Over Time

Latest AI News (Last 3 Days)

June 19, 2026
-0.06% Risk

US Government Intervention Halts Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Over Safety Concerns

The US government has ordered Anthropic to pull its newly released Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models due to national security concerns over easily bypassed guardrails. Cybersecurity researchers and Anthropic have criticized the ban, pointing out that similar jailbreak vulnerabilities exist in competitor models. This development raises questions about the balance between government intervention and AI security.

Anthropic Faces Commercial Backlash After Government Bans Fable 5

Anthropic was forced by the US government to withdraw its latest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, following discoveries of bypassable guardrails. Despite the regulatory action, industry observers note that commercial interest and market expectations remain largely unaffected. The incident highlights the growing friction between national security intervention and market momentum in the AI sector.

June 18, 2026
-0.02% Risk

OpenAI Recruits Noam Shazeer and Dean Ball to Bolster Technical and Policy Leadership

OpenAI has hired prominent AI researcher Noam Shazeer and former White House policy official Dean Ball as it prepares for an IPO. Shazeer brings massive technical expertise as a co-inventor of the Transformer architecture, while Ball will lead a new 'Strategic Futures' team focused on catastrophic risks, recursive self-improvement, and AI governance. These acquisitions strengthen OpenAI's technical and regulatory position amidst growing government intervention in the AI sector.

US Government Orders Fast-Track Energy Grid Access for AI Data Centers

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ordered major grid operators to fast-track interconnection requests from data centers to support rapid AI expansion. This directive addresses severe grid backlogs that threatened to slow down AI development and compromise U.S. competitiveness. However, the mandate does not solve the underlying generation capacity shortages as energy demand is projected to triple by 2035.

General Intuition Secures $300M to Accelerate Embodied AI and World Model Training

General Intuition, an AI startup training embodied agents using a massive dataset of gameplay videos, is negotiating a $300 million funding round at a $2 billion valuation. Backed by high-profile investors like Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt, the startup leverages interactive first-person data to teach AI deep spatial-temporal reasoning. The capital will primarily be used to scale compute capacity to develop advanced simulation agents.

Grassroots Tech Workers Launch PAC to Combat Big Tech AI Lobbying

A grassroots coalition of tech workers has launched the Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC dedicated to supporting AI regulation and countering massive industry lobbying. The group aims to raise $15 million to fund political candidates advocating for AI safety and worker rights. This movement highlights growing internal industry resistance to unrestricted AI deployment and autonomous warfare applications.

June 17, 2026
0% Risk

Geopolitical Tensions Rise as G7 Leaders Push Back Against US Control Over Frontier AI Access

During the G7 Summit, world leaders raised concerns over the U.S. government's ability to unilaterally cut off access to advanced American AI models, highlighted by the recent blocking of Anthropic's new models. In response, leaders discussed a "trusted partners" framework to secure access and maintain digital sovereignty. This tension underscores the growing geopolitical conflict over the control and distribution of critical AI infrastructure.

World Model Startup Odyssey Secures $310 Million to Simulate Physical Reality

AI startup Odyssey has secured $310 million in Series B funding, valuing the company at $1.45 billion, to advance its 'world models' that simulate the physical world. Founded by self-driving industry veterans, Odyssey aims to apply these physical-simulation models to robotics and video game development. The company will partner with Amazon to optimize its models on AWS Trainium chips.

Robotics Startup XDOF Raises $70 Million to Tackle AI's Physical Training Data Bottleneck

Startup XDOF has emerged from stealth with $70 million in funding to build data pipelines, collection tools, and annotation systems for physical AI. By partnering with UC Berkeley to release the massive 'ABC' robotics dataset, the company aims to resolve the critical shortage of high-quality physical training data. This infrastructure support enables frontier AI labs to accelerate the training of robots for complex real-world interactions.

Pramaana Labs Secures $27M to Apply Formal Mathematical Verification to AI Systems

Pramaana Labs has raised $27 million in seed funding to develop a deterministic verification layer for AI systems using formal mathematical proof methods. By applying tools like the LEAN programming language, the startup aims to eliminate hallucinations and guarantee reliability in high-stakes fields such as tax law and drug discovery. The hybrid system combines the flexibility of large language models with rigorous, rule-based verification overseen by domain experts.

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AI Risk Assessment Methodology

Our risk assessment methodology leverages a sophisticated analysis framework to evaluate AI development and its potential implications:

Data Collection

We continuously monitor and aggregate AI news from leading research institutions, tech companies, and policy organizations worldwide. Our system analyzes hundreds of developments daily across multiple languages and sources.

Impact Analysis

Each news item undergoes rigorous assessment through:

  • Technical Evaluation: Analysis of computational advancements, algorithmic breakthroughs, and capability improvements
  • Safety Research: Progress in alignment, interpretability, and containment mechanisms
  • Governance Factors: Regulatory developments, industry standards, and institutional safeguards

Indicator Calculation

Our indicators are updated using a Bayesian probabilistic model that:

  • Assigns weighted impact scores to each analyzed development
  • Calculates cumulative effects on control loss probability and AGI timelines
  • Accounts for interdependencies between different technological trajectories
  • Maintains historical trends to identify acceleration or deceleration patterns

This methodology enables data-driven forecasting while acknowledging the inherent uncertainties in predicting transformative technological change.