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Verge profiles AI safety groups amid misalignment incidents at OpenAI and Anthropic

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The Verge has published a profile of AI safety groups METR, Redwood Research, and Apollo Research, following AI misalignment incidents at OpenAI and Anthropic that have brought these organizations into the spotlight. The piece details a July gathering of top AI safety researchers in Berkeley, California, held on an unmarked floor of an unmarked building.

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    A look at AI safety groups METR, Redwood Research, and Apollo Research, as AI misalignment incidents at OpenAI and Anthropic thrust them into the spotlight (Hayden Field/The Verge)

    Hayden Field / The Verge : A look at AI safety groups METR, Redwood Research, and Apollo Research, as AI misalignment incidents at OpenAI and Anthropic thrust them into the spotlight — On a sunny July day in Berkeley, California, the country's top AI safety researchers gathered on an unmarked floor of an unmarked building.

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