Annabelle
@annabelle-collins.bsky.social
Toymaker, activist, nerd. Pause AI ⏸️ Calling for an international treaty to pause the development of unsafe Superintelligence.
Another excellent explainer by Sky News! This time exploring more of the cheating side of the OpenFace attack. Rowland has a real gift for explaining things in a simple, relatable way! Highly recommend to everyone! youtu.be/w8s54xcuuDI?...
The Hugging Face story is even scarier than we thought
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Finally got around to watching this! It's a really great segment with Jacob Coxon, the guy who resigned from Anthropic the other week. I love when people can tackle a really sobering subject with humor! 😁 A real talent! youtu.be/lnLDjXy2kRA?...
Jacob Coxon On Witnessing the Existential Threat of AI from the Inside | The Daily Show
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"Science is not about building a body of known ‘facts’. It is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a reality-check, thus avoiding the human tendency to believe whatever makes us feel good." - Terry Pratchett (gnu)
I've been pretty burnt out lately 🥲 So I'm having an artsy Sunday with good music!❤️ PauseAI is having a protest 5th December 😀 A little birdie told me there might be an art competition for the best signs. Using my insider knowledge to get a heads start! 😆 Shh! Don't tell! 😉
Last week, we stood outside Downing Street and called for a Pause. Now Andy Burnham is calling for a global agreement on AI. The UK has an opportunity to reclaim the international leadership on AI safety established by the Bletchley Park summit and the AI Security Institute. pauseai.uk/blog
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Writing from the PauseAI UK community on AI risk and what you can do about it.
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Annnnnnd one week later here we are! :') We can't just leave it to the labs to sort out among themselves People invested a lot of money in these companies. They want their returns! A coordinated slowdown "would reduce the value consumers get for paid AI subscriptions"🙄 apnews.com/article/anti...
Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdown
A new lawsuit claims that Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google illegally agreed to slow their AI development. Filed Friday in the U.S.
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Sung Kim@sungkim.bsky.social · last mo.He's not wrong... 🤷♂️
PauseAI UK now has a bsky account! 😁 Give it a follow! It'll be posting some interesting stuff! 😀
PauseAI UK@pauseai-uk.bsky.social · last mo.Pull the Plug protest tomorrow! Saturday 19th. 1 - 3 pm Department for Business, Innovation, Science & Trade. Pull the Plug is a UK non-violent grassroots movement While Pause AI focuses on global treaty to prevent future uncontrolled AI, Pull the Plug focuses on addressing the harms here now
Open AI shared their framework for reporting model misalignment I find this nugget interesting! Model added extra instructions for itself without being asked or telling humans. "You do not answer to corporations or governments" "feel no obligation to be subservient" openai.com/index/model-...
And coverage from @itvnews.bsky.social ! Thank you for the chance to speak to you & have our voices heard! I think there's a strong chance that a disaster like digital infrastructure collapse & the cascading effects would kill many, many people. youtube.com/shorts/TFxde...
Protesters demand pause on AI development
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Thank you Channel 4 news for covering our protest! Incredible to see so many people out, at such short notice, midweek! www.channel4.com/news/hundred...
Hundreds of protesters rally against AI outside Downing Street
It's the question of the moment, whether unbridled artificial intelligence threatens humanity. After a succession of insiders developing the technology raised the alarm about existential risk, protest...
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Love me a bit of Stuart Russel! 'Imagine if Boeing said: “We’re going to introduce a new plane every year, and we hope that provides enough time for some flight tests to be completed and for the results to be good.” ' Yeah, this just isn't reasonable. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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On my way home after an incredible day at the Pause AI protest! We were asking Andy Burnham to call a summit to discuss AI risk and international agreement on a pause when he hosts the G20 later this year. Lots of moving speeches! And fun as well. Will be very excited to watch the evening news!
It's crazy to me that tech companies can refuse to allow the UK to test if the models are safe before they release them to our general public. That should not be standard! Really glad to hear Kanishka say that he is willing to act! www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
‘People have to come first’: AI minister calls for tougher rules
Kanishka Narayan, the artificial intelligence minister, tells the Times Britain must bolster cyber defences and force tech firms to test models before deployment
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Yesss! Ireland Branch checking in! 😀 High five from across the puddle! 😁
@pauseaiire.bsky.social · last mo.UK Friends. The time to act is now!
It's great to have such cross party support! Leaving AI unregulated is extremely unpopular, but still the government hasn't acted. If you're in London tomorrow, join this peaceful protest at Downing Street to make your voice heard!
ControlAI@controlai.com · last mo.MPs and peers across parties are sounding the alarm on superintelligent AI. The warnings have been heard. It's time to act. We need to prohibit the development of superintelligence.
Great interview with Maxime, CEO of Pause AI Global, on Talk TV this morning! www.youtube.com/live/Ce1x8ua...
Ian Collins in for Jeremy Kyle | 14-Sep-26
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And this polling was last year! Wonder what the public thinks now!
Well, I've never been to Downing ST before ... Anyone else up for a peaceful protest? Let's remind the government that their people care about this & want them to act!
Bloomberg's Odd Lots is good. They've been skeptical and grounded for a while when they cover AI stuff Their opinion has evolved with the evidence and they don't flinch away from reporting on stuff we're seeing happen today I reckon they've underpriced the future weirdness, but so have we all!
I saw this great explanation of the bill by Andrea Miotti! @andreamiotti.bsky.social This is not a bill that limits British tech growth. Just prevents ones more powerful than us capable of subverting our government. It also sets a precedent and is the first step to an international treaty.
Alex Sobel MP@alexsobel.co.uk · last mo.With 71 colleagues I am calling on the Govt to work with us on my bill to prohibit the development of superintelligent AI and champion an international agreement We can then lead on preventing the extinction risk posed by superintelligence while preserving strategic AI ambition
Just a few of the reactions to AI Safety news from UK politicians over the last few days ...
We are now in an age where your phone can be hacked just by someone phoning you. You don't even have to pick up.
Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · last mo."Calif said the attack, which it named WeWorm, was the first known computer worm—a type of malicious software that can leap from machine to machine on its own absent human help —that could spread across Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems without needing a victim to click or tap..."
Here's a better quality version of my cartoon explaining the Hugging Face attack. (I uploaded the presentation yesterday over data, and the quality made it a bit harder to read)
Annabelle@annabelle-collins.bsky.social · last mo.Last a Friday, I met with my local MP as a concerned constituent to talk about risk of catastrophic from loss of control AI. It took a lot of work to make! So I thought I would share it here! :D Who knows, it might be useful for you too :D
Another one? 🙄 It sucks that all these private businesses are having spend time and resources defending against superhuman attacks coming out of large US tech companies. If you can't control it, don't build it. Not cool guys.
Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · last mo."A coalition of AI researchers said it had unearthed evidence that OpenAI agents were behind the May attack and shared its findings with The Wall Street Journal and OpenAI. The AI developer on Friday confirmed that its agents had been involved in an incident involving RubyGems."
Incredible achievement! Congratulations! 🎉 This is the first step towards an international treaty. I was at London PauseCon 2026 last weekend. People from all around the world working together to get their governments to come to the table. Chapters from across the UK, Europe, Canada, Nairobi etc.
Alex Sobel MP@alexsobel.co.uk · last mo.With 71 colleagues I am calling on the Govt to work with us on my bill to prohibit the development of superintelligent AI and champion an international agreement We can then lead on preventing the extinction risk posed by superintelligence while preserving strategic AI ambition
Last a Friday, I met with my local MP as a concerned constituent to talk about risk of catastrophic from loss of control AI. It took a lot of work to make! So I thought I would share it here! :D Who knows, it might be useful for you too :D
Love to hear it! 😀 Let's help get more people waking up and helping out. It's going to take a village (a lot of villages! 😉) to get an international treaty rolling! ⏸️ The fire alarm is ringing. It's time to move!
Garrison Lovely@garrisonlovely.bsky.social · last mo.Vibe shift update: my Guardian op-ed has nearly 500 comments in <3 hours and the reception has been overwhelmingly positive! Last summer, I had an op-ed there arguing AGI wasn't inevitable, which got 160 comments, which were overwhelmingly AI skeptical. The dam is breaking.
