A major AI company continues near full speed

8.8 significance by AI 2027 Safety Q4 2027

Why does it matter?

More autonomous AI would make control and oversight problems harder to catch before deployment.

Direct quote

The committee votes 6–4 to continue internal use of Agent-4. OpenBrain’s official story is that they are implementing additional safety mitigations to ensure that its AI is both more capable and more trustworthy. But in practice, leadership is all-too-easily convinced that they’ve mitigated the risks.

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