Shallow review of technical AI safety, 2025
Third annual shallow review of technical AI safety work in 2025, mapping labs, research agendas, and approaches like iterative alignment and debate, with links to about 800 papers and posts.
Research / Sources
Alignment Forum
Discussion and research on AI alignment. alignmentforum.org
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