In July 2025, the 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗿-𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲 was published: the EU AI Act’s Code of Practice.

🌌 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜'𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 - 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟯! We're seeking mentors for the Sentient Futures Project Incubator, launching late January 2026. Guide 1-4 high-potential fellows developing projects

❗️😮 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀(𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿). Our latest newsletter just landed, and it’s full of genuinely exciting updates, opportunities, and resources. Just a few include: 🛠️ Announcing our project incubator, and a call for mentors (deadline Nov 23); 🤔 Will MacAskill &

Try out the eval on Inspect AI:

🪑 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 (𝗔𝗛𝗕) 𝟮.𝟬: 𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘓𝘓𝘔𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦 Now available on Inspect AI (𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬), AHB 2.0 assesses LLMs across 13 moral

📣 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 (𝗦𝗙𝗦) 𝗕𝗮𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! 👇 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱𝘁𝗵 through the link below. Early applications prioritised. We are seeking leading thinkers who can explore how AI

💡 Our retrospective for 𝗔𝗜, 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗡𝗬𝗖 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗔 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺! Check it out at the link below. 👇 You’ll find lots of info there, such as:   • ⚡ Recorded lightning talks   • 🧠 Topics and

In my brief keynote remarks at the recent AI, Animals, and Digital Minds Conference, I discuss the theoretical and practical value of integrating animal welfare research and AI welfare research in some contexts, even if we separate them in others. https://t.co/JXPoUbUzMV

🥁 🥁 🥁 We are excited to announce our next conference taking place Feb 6th-8th: 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 (𝗦𝗙𝗦) 𝗕𝗮𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! 🌉🌉 Rebranded from our previous AI, Animals & Digital Minds events, SFS will have a similar structure and include:

"AGI × Animals Wargame" by Sentient Futures (formerly AI for Animals) (@sentfutures), Constance Li (@conlicats)

🗺️ We're working on a stakeholder-mapping exercise of the artificial consciousness ecosystem to: 1) Help people who are first starting in the field 2) Support collaboration and partnership Browse it and let us know if we missed anyone. https://t.co/7MT65hwP5M

𝗔 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲: → Submit third-party reports or public comments documenting potential nonhuman harms. → Encourage inclusion of animal-welfare metrics in the AI Office’s periodic reviews and guidance. → Form

This means that AI systems affecting animals through agriculture optimization, synthetic biology, wildlife management, automated decision-making, etc* can now fall within regulatory scope if their actions create welfare harms. *only if the underlying models are considered

Under its Safety & Security chapter, 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 “𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲” 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 when developing general-purpose AI with systemic risk.

𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗜, 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗡𝗬𝗖 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱! ✨ 🌐 Evan Boyar (Senior Engineer and Independent Researcher): Harnessing AI to Shape Animal-Friendly

📣 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜, 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗡𝗬𝗖 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟬. 📣 Lead your own session, or participate in deep conversations on future oriented