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AI Safety Index 2025: Labs' Promises Crumble Under Expert Scrutiny as Leaders Surge Ahead

Expectations ran high for AI giants to match their safety rhetoric with action. The new AI Safety Index shatters that illusion, exposing deep flaws while frontrunners pull away.

Chart from FLI's 2025 AI Safety Index showing scores for top AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • Major AI companies' safety practices lag public commitments, per FLI's 2025 AI Safety Index.
  • Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepMind pull ahead, widening gap with laggards like xAI and Meta.
  • No firm has strong superintelligence controls, risking catastrophe amid AGI race.
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Originally reported by Future of Life Institute

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