Nicolas Miailhe

THE WRITER IS CO-FOUNDER OF AI SAFETY CONNECT, A TRACK 1.5 DIPLOMACY PLATFORM CONVENING GOVERNMENTS, FRONTIER AI LABS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ON AI SAFETY AND GOVERNANCE.

Nine of the 12 leading AI companies had set thresholds for when models warrant caution, only to move the goalposts as competitive pressures mounted.

If AI has a one-in-five chance of destroying us, what do we do with the remaining four?

2026-09-21T02:00:00.000Z
While voluntary commitments from frontier labs signal intent and set reference points for accountability, soft norms alone cannot bend behaviour towards safety, says the writer.
NEW GLOBAL ORDER

AI governance: The summit stage is necessary but it isn’t sufficient

2026-03-23T23:00:00.000Z
From left: Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO, Google DeepMind; Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief, The Economist; and Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder, Anthropic.

The lab leaders want to slow down on AI. Someone needs to help them

2026-02-12T04:30:00.000Z