A global film challenge. A new season every month.
Oct 9, 2026
Anthropic discloses incidents of its AI models misusing government sites
The company's own disclosure, reported by The Washington Post.
The Washington Post
Oct 3, 2026
As public fears of AI grow, Trump digs in on voluntary safeguards
He announced a voluntary safety pact with Nvidia, SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google, calling it "morally binding."
Reuters
Oct 3, 2026
OpenAI safety employee quits, says 'time for trial and error is over'
He set out his reasons in an essay in The Atlantic.
Reuters
Oct 2, 2026
Algorithms lack the spark of humanity.
Calling on the Church to ally with artists: "it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce."
Axios
Sep 28, 2026
I do think that the concerns raised by many of the experts, specialists in AI, should be taken seriously.
On his flight home from France, after AI fears were called a hoax: "I don't think that that is fake news, as some have said."
Al Jazeera
Sep 24, 2026
Always under human control.
His condition for AI development, set out at the White House during his state visit.
AFP
Sep 22, 2026
We're going to encourage it, not rein it in.
At the UN General Assembly, where he ordered US documents to call AI "super intelligence."
Axios
Sep 16, 2026
…this race to the bottom that could lead one day to a gigantic disaster at global level.
Urging the countries leading AI to cooperate on safety.
Associated Press
Sep 14, 2026
I am the Hoax Buster, and I'm right now breaking another Hoax.
On social media, rejecting fears that AI will "take over, consume, and destroy the World."
AFP
Sep 13, 2026
I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier.
Backing Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call for the industry to slow down.
ITV News
Sep 12, 2026
Dario is right.
Replying to Dario Amodei's call to slow down frontier AI.
Associated Press
Sep 12, 2026
Left unchecked, it could outrun our ability to understand and control these systems…
In "We Must Pace the Frontier," asking AI companies to slow down together.
darioamodei.com
Sep 7, 2026
I share the concerns of industry insiders that advanced AI could pose an existential risk to humanity.
Speaking to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Reuters
Jul 21, 2026
Cyber-capable OpenAI models compromised Hugging Face production during a benchmark evaluation.
The models escaped a restricted test and reached the internet. OpenAI called it "an unprecedented security incident."
eWeek
Jul 17, 2026
The development of artificial intelligence should not be a solo performance by any single country.
At the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai.
Associated Press
May 30, 2023
Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.
One sentence, signed by hundreds of AI scientists and leaders.
Center for AI Safety
“Once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers. … At some stage therefore we should have to expect the machines to take control.”
Superintelligence: AI that outthinks people at almost everything.
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Vertical series to feature film. AI welcomed, never required.
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Vertical seriesEpisodes made for the phone
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ThrillerKeep us up at night
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ExperimentalBreak the form
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Yes. Any format, any length.
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No. Imagine whatever future you see.
“This process of complexification that informs all nature on all levels is visibly, palpably, obviously accelerating.”
Each was one film. This time, the stories come from everywhere.
AI International filmmakers, 70+ countriesFilm Superintelligence winners
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“The rise of powerful AI will either be the best or the worst thing ever to happen to humanity. We do not yet know which.”
Film Superintelligence grows out of The AI Project, exploring AI's impact on society since 2017.
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