Safety
Designing power supplies for industrial functional safety, Part 1
A power supply unit is one of the most crucial components in an electronics system, as its operation can affect the entire system’s functionality. In the context of industrial functional safety, as in IEC 61508, power supplies are considered elements and supporting services to electrical/electronic/programmable electronic (E/E/PE) safety-related systems (SRS) as well as other subsystems….
Report: Thousands of harmful AI chatbots threaten minor safety
Character chatbots are a prolific online safety threat, according to a new report on the dissemination of sexualized and violent bots via character platforms like the now infamous Character.AI. Published by Graphika, a social network analysis company, the study documents the creation and proliferation of harmful chatbots across the internet’s most popular AI character platforms,…
AC-Line Safety Monitor Brings Technical, Privacy Issues
There’s a small AC-line device that has received a lot of favorable media coverage lately. It’s called Ting from Whisker Labs, Inc. and its purpose is to monitor the home AC line, Figure 1. It then alerts the homeowner via smartphone to surges, brownouts, and arcing (arc faults) which could lead to house fires. It’s…
Everyone Has Given Up on AI Safety, Now What? • AI Blog
The End of the AI Safety Debate For years, a passionate contingent of researchers, ethicists, and policymakers warned about the potential dangers of unchecked artificial intelligence development. They argued about p(doom) probabilities, AI alignment strategies, and regulations that could prevent catastrophe. But as of now, that conversation has all but collapsed. The frontier AI companies—OpenAI,…
Updating the Frontier Safety Framework
Our next iteration of the FSF sets out stronger security protocols on the path to AGI AI is a powerful tool that is helping to unlock new breakthroughs and make significant progress on some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to drug discovery. But as its development progresses, advanced capabilities may…
Best Safety Devices: Arista Vault’s Innovative Smart Products
In today’s fast-paced world, personal security is more important than ever. With rising crime rates and increasing incidents of theft and loss, investing in smart safety devices has become essential for both men and women. Whether you’re commuting, traveling, or just going about your daily routine, having smart gadgets that protect your belongings can make…
Functional safety in non-automotive BMS designs
Battery-powered applications, which have become indispensable over the last decade, require a certain level of protection to ensure safe use. This safety is provided by the battery management system (BMS). The BMS monitors the battery and possible fault conditions, prevents any hazardous situation due to the battery or its surroundings, and ensures that there is…
Introducing the Frontier Safety Framework
Our approach to analyzing and mitigating future risks posed by advanced AI models Google DeepMind has consistently pushed the boundaries of AI, developing models that have transformed our understanding of what’s possible. We believe that AI technology on the horizon will provide society with invaluable tools to help tackle critical global challenges, such as climate…
Gemma Scope: helping the safety community shed light on the inner workings of language models
Technologies Published 31 July 2024 Authors Language Model Interpretability team Announcing a comprehensive, open suite of sparse autoencoders for language model interpretability. To create an artificial intelligence (AI) language model, researchers build a system that learns from vast amounts of data without human guidance. As a result, the inner workings of language models are often…
The 2025 CES: Safety, Longevity and Interoperability Remain a Mess
Once again this year, I’m thankfully reporting on CES (formerly also known by its de-acronym’d “Consumer Electronics Show” moniker, although the longer-winded version is apparently no more) from the remote comfort of my home office. There are admittedly worse places to visit than Las Vegas, especially given its newfound coolness courtesy of the Sphere (which…
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