I had a very similar thought and wondered if I was overthinking it. Also, the fact that the role was announced via OpenAI’s DC-focused Substack blog makes me think it’s more of a policy & comms-focused role vs being truly a safety/alignment role like the team used to be.
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Competitor 90-Day AI Activity Analysis Template
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Step 1 – Data Collection (Gemini) Prompt: Analyze [COMPETITOR]'s last 90 days of activity: 1. Product launches or updates
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Google DeepMind paper critiques real-world AI agents
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I just read Google DeepMind’s new paper called "Intelligent AI Delegation." And it quietly exposes why 99% of AI agents will fail in the real world. Here’s the paper: Most “AI agents” today aren’t agents. They’re glorified task runners. You give them a goal.
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RAISE Act: New York’s AI Safety Bill Regulation Deep Dive
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For more info on the RAISE Act @AlexBores co-sponsored, read my interview with him from last fall before the AI safety bill became NY state law.
— Marty Swant (@martyswant) 13 février 2026
Here’s the October @ReadTransformer story from @ShakeelHashim and me: https://t.co/gWUqLhhVJS https://t.co/LWksWw63zoFor more info on the RAISE Act @AlexBores co-sponsored, read my interview with him from last fall before the AI safety bill became NY state law. Here’s the October @ReadTransformer story from @ShakeelHashim and me: https://
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Growing AI Backlash: Is The Revolution Over Before Begun?
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The Growing AI Backlash: Is The Revolution Over Before It’s Even Begun? AI was sold as a force for progress, but recent controversies suggest a more complicated reality. This piece examines the growing unease around #creativity, #economics, #accuracy, and #ethics, and asks
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Notable AI Lab Departures and Staff Reassignments This Week
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I know people come and go from AI companies all the time, but seems like there has been a bunch of noteworthy AI lab departures back-to-back this week relayed to safety teams , either resigning, being let go, or being reassigned. A few I’ve read about this week that come to
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Musk’s manipulation of generative AI on Grok
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Yes, of course, generative AI is entirely manipulable. Musk has demonstrated this several times by having algorithms modified to change Grok's editorial line on certain subjects in just a few hours.
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Adversarial edge cases reveal AI model brittleness
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9. The "Edge Case Hunter" "What are 5 inputs that would break this approach? Be adversarial." Models miss edge cases humans would catch. Forcing adversarial thinking reveals brittleness.
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Adversarial Interrogation for AI Model Honesty
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2. The "Adversarial Interrogation" "Now argue against your previous answer. What are the 3 strongest counterarguments?" Models are overconfident by default. This forces intellectual honesty.
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Lex Fridman interviews Peter Steinberger about OpenClaw AI agent
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Here's my conversation with Peter Steinberger (@steipete), creator of OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent that has taken the Internet by storm, with now over 180,000 stars on GitHub.
— Lex Fridman (@lexfridman) 12 février 2026
This was a truly mind-blowing, inspiring, and fun conversation!
It's here on X in full and is up… pic.twitter.com/xSvbjUHamIHere's my conversation with Peter Steinberger (@steipete), creator of OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent that has taken the Internet by storm, with now over 180,000 stars on GitHub. This was a truly mind-blowing, inspiring, and fun conversation! It's here on X in full and is up everywhere else (see comment). Timestamps: 0:00 – Episode highlight 1:30 – Introduction 5:36 – OpenClaw origin story 8:55 – Mind-blowing moment 18:22 – Why OpenClaw went viral 22:19 – Self-modifying AI agent 27:04 – Name-change drama 44:15 – Moltbook saga 52:34 – OpenClaw security concerns 1:01:14 – How to code with AI agents 1:32:09 – Programming setup 1:38:52 – GPT Codex 5.3 vs Claude Opus 4.6 1:47:59 – Best AI agent for programming 2:09:59 – Life story and career advice 2:13:56 – Money and happiness 2:17:49 – Acquisition offers from OpenAI and Meta 2:34:58 – How OpenClaw works 2:46:17 – AI slop 2:52:20 – AI agents will replace 80% of apps 3:00:57 – Will AI replace programmers? 3:12:57 – Future of OpenClaw community
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