Will This Be the Turning Point: When AI Advancements Start to Slow Down?

A safety researcher who spent three years inside Anthropic and OpenAI resigns and warns both labs are racing toward self-improving superintelligence without matching guardrails. Days later California becomes the first state to require independent audits of AI systems, and Microsoft locks a legally binding AI safety standard into its own school contracts. The episode asks the obvious follow-up: do audits and contract language actually change what a lab ships, or just give it a new box to check.

What's Covered

* Anthropic safety researcher Jacob Coxon's resignation and warning about self-improving superintelligence

* California's SB 813 and AB 1405, the first state law requiring independent AI audits and an auditor registry

* Microsoft, the AFT, and the UFT locking a binding AI safety standard for schools into customer contracts

Sources

* PBS News: Anthropic researcher's resignation sends warning about the dangers of AI development

* Governor of California: Governor Newsom signs first-in-the-nation AI safeguards

* Microsoft: AFT, UFT and Microsoft announce National AI Safety & Privacy Standard for schools

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