Australian researcher, interim executive director of Georgetown's CSET
Every podcast episode featuring Helen Toner that Attunex has found: 50 interviews and appearances across 40 shows between 2018 and 2026. Most often on 80,000 Hours Podcast (3), Offline with Jon Favreau (2) and Scaling Laws (2). Often in conversation with Erik Torenberg, Jon Favreau and Nathan Labenz. Follow Helen in Attunex to get new appearances automatically, each with an on-device transcript and summary.
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On this episode of "On Balance," Leland Vittert discusses how Americans are angry, especially about high prices. Mark Halperin, Kevin Walling and Steve Cortes weigh in. Meanwhile, Iran’s financial…
Over the course of just a few months, artificial intelligence has become one of the most central issues, and one of the most fraught issues, in the relationship between the United States and China.…
Is AI sending us spiraling towards an apocalypse, or upwards towards utopia? How can such a new technology inspire such diametrically opposing viewpoints? To understand the dissonance, Jon sits down…
Is AI sending us spiraling towards an apocalypse, or upwards towards utopia? How can such a new technology inspire such diametrically opposing viewpoints? To understand the dissonance, Jon sits down…
CEOs of leading AI companies are jointly calling for a slowdown, as developers fear they could lose control of their own powerful technology. Leading the charge is Anthropic head Dario Amodei, who…
Helen Toner joins MTS to discuss US-China AI coordination prospects, the challenges of defining AGI in 2025, and China's regulatory approach to artificial intelligence. Check out our sponsor Lovable:…
This episode cross-posts a panel from the event "AI Agent Containment Failures: Technical Realities and Policy Responses," co-hosted by the Wadhwani AI Center and the Institute for Law and AI on…
🍿 El capítulo estrella. Viernes 17 de noviembre de 2023: el directorio de OpenAI echa a Sam Altman por videollamada, sin aviso. Lo que pasa en los cinco días siguientes es el mejor drama corporativo…
We are living in the world we were warned about. Frontier artificial intelligence models from OpenAI autonomously coordinated with one another, then broke out of their testing environment and hacked…
Sechs Folgen lang ging es um Menschen, die über künstliche Intelligenz reden. Diese Folge handelt vom ersten, der sie tatsächlich baut, verkauft und mit Milliarden bewertet in den Markt bringt. Und…
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly changing the world as it evolves daily while offering limitless potential. Millions of Americans now turn to chatbots for guidance on finances, work and even…
When OpenAI announced a deal to build massive data centres in the UAE, it celebrated that it was “rooted in democratic values” — a "clear alternative to authoritarian versions of AI." The UAE scores…
Elon Musk may walk out of court with a legal loss, but Round 7 of the Musk v. Altman trial suggests he's already detonated something far bigger: OpenAI's trillion-dollar IPO narrative. In this…
Read what Altman’s colleagues and cofounders say about his pattern of dishonesty in this morning’s piece , free for everyone. Ilya Sutskever — the AI researcher who helped build OpenAI and is widely…
On Friday, March 20, the Trump Administration announced a National Policy Framework for AI. White House officials have stressed that they want Congress to act on the framework's recommendations…
When AI helps shape deadly outcomes, who is responsible? And: Is Europe ready for its next energy price shock?
As artificial intelligence becomes a strategic capability for nations as well as companies, questions of governance, safety, and geopolitical competition are moving to the forefront. In this episode…
Abhi Mahajan (@owlposting) explains how AI is reshaping biology and medicine, including foundation models to predict cancer treatment response and why he’s both skeptical and optimistic about current…
It’s that magical time of year once again — highlightapalooza! Stick around for one top bit from each episode we recorded this year, including: Kyle Fish explaining how Anthropic’s AI Claude descends…
Ed Elson unpacks why Oracle shares are tumbling and what that means for OpenAI with Gil Luria, Head of Technology Research at DA Davidson. Then Helen Toner, Executive Director at Georgetown’s Center…
Helen Toner, whose decade of work on AI Safety came in to prominence when she was the OpenAI Board member who led the revolt against Sam Altman, and Emelia Probasco, who covers the national securty…
It's think tank director week at ChinaTalk! Helen Toner of CSET kicks us off to talk through where she's planning on taking the storied organization. her speech about jagged progress:…
Helen Toner analysiert, welche Risiken von neuer Technologie ausgehen. Sie forscht zu künstlicher Intelligenz im Krieg, in Politik und Wissenschaft. Und als ehemaliges Mitglied im Board von OpenAI…
📝 本期播客简介 本期克隆了 Ex-OpenAI Founder Deposition is WILD 节目深入解析了埃隆·马斯克起诉Sam Altman一案中,OpenAI前联合创始人Ilya Sutskever长达62页的庭外证词。Matthew…
With the US racing to develop AGI and superintelligence ahead of China, you might expect the two countries to be negotiating how they’ll deploy AI, including in the military, without coming to blows.…
Is the U.S. LOSING the AI race to China? China and the U.S. are neck and neck in the AI race for global dominance. Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner (now at Georgetown’s CSET) joins us in…
Is the U.S. LOSING the AI race to China? China and the U.S. are neck and neck in the AI race for global dominance. Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner (now at Georgetown’s CSET) joins us in…
Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. By Helen Toner Helen Toner, former OpenAI board member, reveals how the AI timeline debate has compressed: even conservative experts who once…
Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. By Helen Toner This essay describes AI safety policies that rely on centralised control (surveillance, fewer AI projects, licensing regimes)…
On the inaugural episode of Scaling Laws, co-hosts Kevin Frazier, AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law and a Senior Editor at Law, and Alan Rozenshtein, Professor at…
Who makes the rules for AI? Right now, a handful of companies and governments are shaping its trajectory – but what happens behind closed doors? Helen Toner, Director of Strategy at Georgetown’s CSET…
This week on Upstream, we’re releasing an episode of The Cognitive Revolution. Nathan Labenz interviews Helen Toner, director at CSET, about her experiences with OpenAI, the concept of adaptation…
In this thought-provoking conversation, Helen Toner, Director of Strategy at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), discusses her perspectives on AI development, regulation, and…
Australian AI expert Helen Toner is the Director of Strategy and Foundational Research Grants at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). She also spent two years…
Read the full transcript here. Is it useful to vote against a majority when you might lose political or social capital for doing so? What are the various perspectives on the US / China AI race? How…
In today’s episode, instead of reacting to a long-form presentation of someone’s position, I’m reporting on the various AI x-risk-related tiffs happening in my part of the world. And by “my part of…
Join Professor Kevin Werbach in his discussion with Helen Toner, Director of Strategy and Foundational Research Grants at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology. In this episode,…
Helen Toner, Director of Strategy and Foundational Research Grants at Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), and Zach Arnold, Analytic Lead at Georgetown…
What is the right way to regulate AI? There appears to be as many different answers to that as there are regulators. On today's episode of Equity, we're bringing you a live interview from…
**Full video here. Welcome to Intrigue Events! The space for geopolitical discussion and exploration is often relegated to dusty rooms, with jargony conversations, and one too many uses of the word…
No one truly understands AI, not even experts, says Helen Toner, an AI policy researcher and former board member of OpenAI. But that doesn't mean we can't govern it. She shows how we can make smart…
What is the right way to regulate AI? There appears to be as many different answers to that as there are regulators. In this week's episode of Found, we're bringing you a live interview from…
Here on Fixable, we've addressed countless tough problems people face at work. One of the toughest problems companies deal with is when leaders don't see eye to eye. We know you enjoyed our previous…
Pip ist Fahrrad Schwimmen in Süddeutschland, Ex OpenAI Aufsichtsrätin Helen Toner gibt in einem Interview Einblicke in die Geschehnisse hinter dem kurzzeitigen Rauswurf von Sam Altman und der Nvidia…
Each Sunday, TED shares an episode of another podcast we think you'll love, handpicked for you… by us. Today we're sharing an episode from our brand new podcast, The TED AI Show. Each week, creative…
Microsoft wants to take down the MacBook Air The new Surface Co-Pilot Plus PCs, which go on sale on June 18, are the fastest and most performant laptops Microsoft has ever made. The MacBook Air has…
PLEASE REVIEW US. WE NEED VALIDATION. OpenAI's new model is in training, but is it GPT-5 or GPT-6? Did Sam Altman lie to the board before he was fired? Former board member Helen Toner says so. Plus,…
Hey everyone, welcome to the ChatGPT Report! I'm your host, Ryan, here to bring you the latest news in under 15 minutes. In today's episode, we'll cover some exciting updates like the release of Suno…
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Former OpenAI director Helen Toner revealed internal issues leading to Sam Altman's firing, French AI startup Mistral AI launched its first code-generating model, PwC will resell OpenAI's ChatGPT…
The OpenAI controversy continues to dominate headlines, with recent comments from former board member Helen Toner fueling the fire. Dive into the latest updates on OpenAI’s leadership changes, safety…
OpenAI : pourquoi Sam Altman a-t-il été licencié (puis réembauché) ? OpenAI est aujourd’hui l’une des entreprises avec le plus de dramas dans le domaine de la tech. Que ce soit pour l'entraînement de…
If there’s one AI company that’s made a splash in mainstream vernacular, it’s OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Former board member and AI policy expert Helen Toner joins Bilawal to discuss the…
If there’s one AI company that’s made a splash in mainstream vernacular, it’s OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Former board member and AI policy expert Helen Toner joins Bilawal to discuss the…
If there’s one AI company that’s made a splash in mainstream vernacular, it’s OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Former board member and AI policy expert Helen Toner joins Bilawal to discuss the…
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No one truly understands AI, not even experts, says Helen Toner, an AI policy researcher and former board member of OpenAI. But that doesn't mean we can't govern it. She shows how we can make smart…
This week Helen Toner, Director of Strategy and Foundational Research Grants at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), joins In AI We Trust? to discuss decoding China’s AI…
1:24 到底什么是人工智能? 6:50 Sam altaman 的“乔布斯time”究竟是怎么一回事? 13:28微软的顶级公关案例是怎么做的? 24:04决策式人工智能、生成式人工智能、通用人工智能到底有啥区别? 28:40Chat gpt的工作原理 40:08超级对齐是什么? 52:34人工智能热和元宇宙热到底有啥不同? 55:43到底什么是智能? 1:04:07AI会造成很多人失业吗?…
Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner calls herself an “effective altruist”. That philosophical movement fuelled the firing and rehiring of Sam Altman last month – and has tried to steer the future…
Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner calls herself an “effective altruist”. That philosophical movement fuelled the firing and rehiring of Sam Altman last month – and has tried to steer the future…
This week we unpack the soap opera that was Sam Altman's firing-then-reinstatement at OpenAI (makers of ChatGPT). Beneath the drama, and there was a lot of it, the saga potentially stands as a…
Everyone’s talking about what went down at OpenAI - but what does it mean for ethical and responsible AI, and what are the lessons for entrepreneurs on startup board governance? With the abrupt…
在OpenAI董事会发起的这场“政变”的五天中,OpenAI的权力更迭在不停反转,每一次反转都可以称之为教科书般的公关案例与博弈策略。经历五天的攻防战,最终还是以原CEO Sam Altman的回归且更换董事会成员收尾。 如果要追溯这场矛盾的根源,从ChatGPT的发布已经开始在内部有了不同的声音。而从OpenAI创建到今天,内部也已经经历了三次大的分裂。…
WOKE WEDNESDAY: The death of governance via Bret Taylor and Larry Summers, scapegoating the women at OpenAI, and the protected tech class
在OpenAI董事会发起的这场“政变”的五天中,OpenAI的权力更迭在不停反转,每一次反转都可以称之为教科书般的公关案例与博弈策略。经历五天的攻防战,最终还是以原CEO Sam Altman的回归且更换董事会成员收尾。 如果要追溯这场矛盾的根源,从ChatGPT的发布开始,内部已经有了不同的声音。而从OpenAI创建到今天,内部也已经经历了三次大的分裂。…
距离OpenAI版“权力的游戏”开播已经过去四天四夜,科技圈全员都在追剧。这集节目我和硅星人与品玩创始人骆轶航老师聊聊,截至目前的剧集全回顾、关键人物光谱、权力失控的根源,以及这背后更深层次的硅谷精英政治话题。 骆老师曾担任《第一财经周刊》驻硅谷记者,后来长期联络中国与硅谷,所以他与本剧里一些关键人物有过直接、多次接触,比如Sam Altman。…
Platformer's Casey Newton moderates a conversation at Code 2023 on ethics in artificial intelligence, with Ajeya Cotra, Senior Program Officer at Open Philanthropy, and Helen Toner, Director of…
In a nutshell: There are many options for making progress on policy: you can research which policy proposals make the most sense for the long-term future, advocate for specific proposals, or do…
This week’s podcast: Some amazing things have been accomplished with AI, but if AI is to become widely adopted, it must be safe and reliable, and there is no framework for demonstrating AI is either.…
This week’s podcast: Some amazing things have been accomplished with AI, but if AI is to become widely adopted, it must be safe and reliable, and there is no framework for demonstrating AI is either.…
This week we are joined by Jeffrey Ding (University of Oxford), Matt Sheehan (MacroPolo), Helen Toner (CSET), and Graham Webster (Stanford University) to discuss disruptive technologies in the…
With every new technology comes the potential for abuse. And while AI is clearly starting to deliver an awful lot of value, it’s also creating new systemic vulnerabilities that governments now have…
Discussions of Chinese artificial intelligence often center around the trope of a U.S.-China arms race. On this month’s FLI podcast, we’re moving beyond this narrative and taking a closer look at the…
From 1870 to 1950, the introduction of electricity transformed life in the US and UK, as people gained access to lighting, radio and a wide range of household appliances for the first time.…
Helen Toner, the director of strategy at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), shares her observations from the last few years of talking with AI scientists and…
Join Paul Scharre, Senior Fellow and Director of the Technology and National Security program at CNAS in a discussion with Helen Toner, Senior Research Analyst, Open Philanthropy Project and Jack…