{"schema":"postcutoff/event@1","as_of":"2026-11-13T13:49:00+01:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-02-03-international-ai-safety-report-2026/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-02-03-international-ai-safety-report-2026/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"2026-02-03-international-ai-safety-report-2026","date":"2026-02-03","date_precision":"day","short_title":"Second International AI Safety Report published","deck":null,"takeaway":null,"category":"policy-safety","category_label":"Policy & safety","importance":3,"confidence":"high","status":{"key":"confirmed","labels":["Confirmed"]},"sources":[{"n":1,"title":"International AI Safety Report 2026","url":"https://internationalaisafetyreport.org/publication/international-ai-safety-report-2026","type":"official","group":"primary","domain":"internationalaisafetyreport.org"},{"n":2,"title":"Yoshua Bengio: International AI Safety Report 2026","url":"https://yoshuabengio.org/en/publication/international-ai-safety-report-2026","type":"official","group":"primary","domain":"yoshuabengio.org"},{"n":3,"title":"Inside Global Tech: report examines capabilities, risks, safeguards","url":"https://www.insideglobaltech.com/2026/02/10/international-ai-safety-report-2026-examines-ai-capabilities-risks-and-safeguards/","type":"press","group":"press","domain":"insideglobaltech.com"}],"official":2,"filed":"2026-09-29","updated":"2026-09-29","orgs":["International AI Safety Report"],"title":"Second International AI Safety Report published (Bengio-led, 100+ experts)","summary":"The second International AI Safety Report, chaired by Yoshua Bengio with 100+ authors and an advisory panel from 30+ countries, was published on 2026-02-03; 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