AI Safety & Ethics

[R] I trained a 3k parameter model on XOR sequences of length 20. It extrapolates perfectly to length 1,000,000. Here's why I think that's architecturally significant.

I've been working on an alternative to attention-based sequence modeling that I'm calling Geometric Flow Networks (GFN). The core idea: i...

[D] Data curation and targeted replacement as a pre-training alignment and controllability method

Hi, r/MachineLearning: has much research been done in large-scale training scenarios where undesirable data has been replaced before trai...

I’ve come up with a new thought experiment to approach ASI, and it challenges the very notions of alignment and containment

I’ve written an essay exploring what I’m calling the Super-Intelligent Octopus Problem—a thought experiment designed to surface a paradox...

‘Uncanny Valley’: Iran War in the AI Era, Prediction Market Ethics, and Paramount Beats Netflix | WIRED

In this episode, our hosts unpack the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, particularly as the AI industry has been entrenching itself wi...

Anthropic’s AI safety stance clashes with Pentagon – and reshapes spending on primaries

[2512.15792] A Systematic Analysis of Biases in Large Language Models

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2512.15792: A Systematic Analysis of Biases in Large Language Models

[2511.14827] Implicit Bias of the JKO Scheme

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2511.14827: Implicit Bias of the JKO Scheme

[2506.18703] Context Biasing for Pronunciation-Orthography Mismatch in Automatic Speech Recognition

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2506.18703: Context Biasing for Pronunciation-Orthography Mismatch in Automatic Speech Recognition

[2510.10889] Topological Alignment of Shared Vision-Language Embedding Space

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2510.10889: Topological Alignment of Shared Vision-Language Embedding Space

[2510.08580] LadderSym: A Multimodal Interleaved Transformer for Music Practice Error Detection

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2510.08580: LadderSym: A Multimodal Interleaved Transformer for Music Practice Error Detection

[2412.19436] Low-Rank Contextual Reinforcement Learning from Heterogeneous Human Feedback

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2412.19436: Low-Rank Contextual Reinforcement Learning from Heterogeneous Human Feedback

[2505.23783] Boosting In-Context Learning in LLMs Through the Lens of Classical Supervised Learning

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2505.23783: Boosting In-Context Learning in LLMs Through the Lens of Classical Supervised Learning

[2601.17204] SpecBridge: Bridging Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Representations via Cross-Modal Alignment

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2601.17204: SpecBridge: Bridging Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Representations via Cross-Modal Alignment

[2503.07885] Safety Guardrails for LLM-Enabled Robots

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2503.07885: Safety Guardrails for LLM-Enabled Robots

[2511.16849] Better audio representations are more brain-like: linking model-brain alignment with performance in downstream auditory tasks

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2511.16849: Better audio representations are more brain-like: linking model-brain alignment with performanc...

[2510.26303] Implicit Bias of Per-sample Adam on Separable Data: Departure from the Full-batch Regime

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2510.26303: Implicit Bias of Per-sample Adam on Separable Data: Departure from the Full-batch Regime

[2510.15982] AMiD: Knowledge Distillation for LLMs with $α$-mixture Assistant Distribution

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2510.15982: AMiD: Knowledge Distillation for LLMs with $α$-mixture Assistant Distribution

[2509.22263] Erase or Hide? Suppressing Spurious Unlearning Neurons for Robust Unlearning

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2509.22263: Erase or Hide? Suppressing Spurious Unlearning Neurons for Robust Unlearning

[2510.26905] Cognition Envelopes for Bounded Decision Making in Autonomous UAS Operations

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2510.26905: Cognition Envelopes for Bounded Decision Making in Autonomous UAS Operations

[2505.20065] SafeDPO: A Simple Approach to Direct Preference Optimization with Enhanced Safety

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2505.20065: SafeDPO: A Simple Approach to Direct Preference Optimization with Enhanced Safety

[2507.15796] From Privacy to Trust in the Agentic Era: A Taxonomy of Challenges in Trustworthy Federated Learning Through the Lens of Trust Report 2.0

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2507.15796: From Privacy to Trust in the Agentic Era: A Taxonomy of Challenges in Trustworthy Federated Lea...

[2411.15272] Curriculum-enhanced GroupDRO: Challenging the Norm of Avoiding Curriculum Learning in Subpopulation Shift Setups

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2411.15272: Curriculum-enhanced GroupDRO: Challenging the Norm of Avoiding Curriculum Learning in Subpopula...

[2603.04383] Turning Trust to Transactions: Tracking Affiliate Marketing and FTC Compliance in YouTube's Influencer Economy

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2603.04383: Turning Trust to Transactions: Tracking Affiliate Marketing and FTC Compliance in YouTube's Inf...