What is the 2024 AI Safety Index?

FLI's expert panel graded six top AI labs on safety categories like risk assessment and existential strategies, finding big gaps based on public data and surveys.

Do major AI companies have plans for superintelligent AI risks ?

Nope — the index says zero adequate strategies despite leaders' warnings, leaving human control unaddressed.

Will the AI Safety Index change how companies build AI?

It pressures accountability and highlights best practices, but competitive races might drown it out without regulation.

📜 AI Regulation

AI Safety Index Lays Bare Big Labs' Risk Blind Spots

Your next AI chat could be a black box with no brakes. The new AI Safety Index from the Future of Life Institute just graded the biggest players — and they're flunking on the stuff that keeps superintelligent machines from going rogue.

theAIcatchup Apr 08, 2026 4 min read

AI Safety Index report graphic showing grades for OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and other labs

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All evaluated AI models vulnerable to adversarial attacks, no quantitative safety guarantees. 𝕏
Significant gaps in existential risk strategies despite leaders' doomsday predictions. 𝕏
Competitive pressures blamed for sidestepping safety; calls for more accountability. 𝕏

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