The Future of Life Institute has released its Summer 2026 AI Safety Index, an independent scorecard grading nine major AI developers on safety and governance practices. Anthropic finished first for the second consecutive edition of the report, leading five of six evaluated domains. Its overall grade was a C+ the highest score any company achieved,…
Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the 2026 World AI Conference in Shanghai on Friday, marking the first time a Chinese head of state has personally inaugurated the event since its founding in 2018. The shift in protocol Xi previously sent congratulatory letters while Premier Li Qiang handled the opening ceremonies in 2024 and 2025 signals…
The world’s largest AI companies have weakened key safety commitments even as their models grow more powerful, according to a new report from the Future of Life Institute, an independent nonprofit that has published a semi annual scorecard of AI lab safety practices since 2025. The finding matters less as an isolated critique of any…
Nigeria has emerged as Africa’s highest-ranked country in the 2026 Global Index on Responsible AI, placing 38th out of 135 countries with an overall score of 45.93 out of 100. The ranking, published by the Global Center on AI Governance, is the second edition of an index that measures not just whether countries have adopted…