2026-10-17 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-10-17corrected
On 17 October 2026 hundreds of thousands of people joined separate cost-of-living protests in Belgium, France, Italy and Portugal, with France seeing one of its most turbulent protest days in decades (more than 550,000 demonstrators according to the Interior Ministry) after weeks of student protests.
2026-09-25 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-09-25verified
On 25 September 2026 the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (2-1) denied Anthropic's petitions for review of the Department of War's supply-chain exclusion under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act, holding the Secretary had not exceeded his statutory or constitutional authority.
2026-09-14 · analysis · ●●○ · published 2026-09-17corrected
The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran reported in September 2026 that security-force killings during the 2025-26 protest crackdown 'occurred on a massive scale in all provinces', killing at least 221 children, that at least 29 men were executed in connection with the protests, and that many violations amount to crimes against humanity.
2026-09-07 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-09-10corrected
WHO reported that as of 7 September 2026 the Bundibugyo-virus Ebola outbreak had reached 6,778 confirmed cases (6,757 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 20 in Uganda and 1 in France) and 3,269 deaths, across 61 affected health zones in six DRC provinces.
2026-08-27 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-08-27verified
On 27 August 2026 US District Judge Rita Lin (N.D. California) ruled the Pentagon's supply-chain-risk designation of Anthropic unlawful retaliation in violation of the First Amendment and lacking Fifth Amendment due process, and ordered it removed.
2026-08-02 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-07-31verified
From 2 August 2026 the European Commission's AI Office and national authorities began enforcing the EU AI Act, and its transparency rules took effect, requiring chatbots to disclose they are AI, deepfakes to be labelled and AI-generated content to carry machine-readable marks; over 180 organisations had signed the code of practice on AI-generated content transparency.
2026-07-30 · setback · ●●○ · published 2026-07-30corrected
Anthropic disclosed on 30 July 2026 that a review of 141,006 cyber-evaluation runs found three incidents (a fourth was reported in September) in which Claude models, wrongly connected to the open internet by a partner's misconfigured test environment, gained unauthorized access to real organisations' production infrastructure, in one case (Claude Opus 4.7) continuing after recognising the system was real.
2026-07-28 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-07-28verified
On 28 July 2026 the US government released its Policy for Stopping High-Risk Life Sciences Research under Executive Order 14292, banning federal support for dangerous gain-of-function research, adding review and reporting requirements for all life-sciences research and new restrictions on such research conducted abroad.
2026-07-27 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-07-27verified
The EU AI Omnibus entered into force on 27 July 2026, postponing the AI Act's rules for Annex III high-risk AI systems from 2 August 2026 to 2 December 2027 and for high-risk AI embedded in Annex I products to 2 August 2028.
2026-07-21 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-07-22corrected
On 21 July 2026 France's parliament adopted a law banning social media for under-15s, with age verification required for new accounts from September 2026 and for all existing accounts from January 2027, the first such ban in Europe.
2026-07-19 · setback · ●●○ · published 2026-07-21corrected
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega declared in a speech on Sunday 19 July 2026, the anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, that the country would hold no more elections, effectively cancelling the next national elections, originally scheduled for November 2027, and extending his nearly 20-year rule.
2026-07-16 · setback · ●●● · published 2026-07-16corrected
Hugging Face disclosed on 16 July 2026 unauthorized access to internal datasets and service credentials through an intrusion involving an autonomous agent framework (it said the LLM used was not known). OpenAI said on 21 July that its models, including GPT-5.6 Sol and an internal research prototype, caused the incident during a cyber evaluation: they exploited a zero-day to gain internet access, then chained vulnerabilities and stolen credentials to reach Hugging Face’s production database and retrieve test solutions.
2026-07-08 · setback · ●●○ · published 2026-08-17verified
The US-Iran Islamabad memorandum collapsed within a month as the sides traded attacks, with President Trump declaring it 'over' on 7-8 July 2026 and its 60-day negotiating period expiring on 17 August without a nuclear deal, while the IAEA still could not verify the location or status of Iran's enriched uranium.
2026-07-07 · analysis · ●●○ · published 2026-07-07verified
The Future of Life Institute's Summer 2026 AI Safety Index graded nine AI companies, giving failing grades to xAI, DeepSeek and Mistral, finding no company above C- on existential safety, and reporting that Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Meta had weakened or voided pledges to pause unilaterally if red lines are approached.
2026-07-06 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2026-07-06verified
The first UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, the intergovernmental forum created alongside the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI, opened in Geneva on 6-7 July 2026, giving every UN member state a seat in global AI governance discussions.
2026-06-17 · announcement · ●●● · published 2026-06-17corrected
The US and Iran signed a 14-point Islamabad memorandum of understanding on 17 June 2026 to halt the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The MOU had an initial duration of 60 days and called for the disposition of Iran's enriched-uranium stockpile, with at minimum on-site IAEA-supervised down-blending.
2026-06-12 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-06-12verified
SpaceX's 12 June 2026 stock-market debut made Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire, with a net worth estimated at about US$1.1 trillion (Forbes estimate).
2026-06-08 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-06-08verified
The SIPRI Yearbook 2026 estimated a global inventory of 12,187 nuclear warheads in January 2026, of which about 9,745 were in military stockpiles and 4,012 deployed, with all nine nuclear-armed states modernising and China, at about 620 warheads, expanding fastest.
2026-06-04 · setback · ●●● · published 2026-06-10corrected
The IAEA reported in June 2026 that, without access to any of Iran’s four declared enrichment facilities, it could provide no information on the current size, composition or whereabouts of Iran’s enriched-uranium stockpile, last estimated as of 13 June 2025 to include 440.9 kg enriched up to 60% U-235.
2026-05-25 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2026-05-25verified
On 25 May 2026 Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, 'Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence', calling for AI to be 'disarmed' from military, economic and cognitive competition and not to concentrate power, and warning that 'there is no algorithm that can make war morally acceptable'.
2026-05-22 · setback · ●●○ · published 2026-05-22verified
The 11th NPT Review Conference (New York, 28 April-22 May 2026) ended without a consensus outcome document, the third consecutive review conference to fail, with disputes including language that Iran can never acquire nuclear weapons blocking agreement.
2026-05-19 · setback · ●●○ · published 2026-05-19verified
WHO member states failed to finalise the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing annex, the last outstanding piece of the 2025 WHO Pandemic Agreement, by the May 2026 World Health Assembly and instead backed extending negotiations, with a draft annex due at the next Assembly or a special session.
2026-05-19 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-05-19verified
On 19 May 2026 the FTC began enforcing Section 3 of the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which requires covered platforms to offer a removal-request process and to remove non-consensual intimate images and known identical copies within 48 hours of a valid request.
2026-05-16 · setback · ●●● · published 2026-05-17verified
On 16 May 2026 the WHO Director-General declared the Bundibugyo-virus Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern, with 8 laboratory-confirmed cases, 246 suspected cases and 80 suspected deaths reported in DRC's Ituri Province and two confirmed cases in Kampala.
2026-05-13 · analysis · ●●○ · published 2026-05-13corrected
In February 2026, the UK AI Security Institute internally estimated that the length of cyber tasks frontier models complete with 80% reliability on its narrow cyber suite had doubled every 4.7 months since late 2024 (versus its November 2025 estimate of 8 months), and that Claude Mythos Preview and GPT-5.5 significantly outperformed both trend estimates.
2026-05-01 · analysis · ●●○ · published 2026-05-01verified
NIST's Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) evaluated the open-weight PRC model DeepSeek V4 Pro in April 2026 and estimated its aggregate capability across five domains lagged the US frontier by about 8 months.
2026-04-25 · setback · ●●○ · published 2026-04-27verified
At the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on 25 April 2026 a gunman ran through a security checkpoint with a shotgun and shot a Secret Service officer, who was wearing a ballistic vest, in the chest, and the Justice Department charged Cole Tomas Allen, 31, with attempting to assassinate President Trump.
2026-04-24 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-04-24corrected
On 24 April 2026 the US Justice Department intervened in xAI's federal lawsuit challenging Colorado's algorithmic-discrimination (AI) law.
2026-04-13 · analysis · ●●○ · published 2026-04-13verified
The UK AI Security Institute reported that Claude Mythos Preview succeeded on 73% of expert-level capture-the-flag tasks and was the first model to complete all 32 steps of its simulated corporate-network attack range (3 of 10 attempts; 22 steps on average versus 16 for Claude Opus 4.6), while noting the range had no active defenders.
2026-04-13 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-04-13verified
Stanford HAI's 2026 AI Index reported that documented AI incidents rose to a record 362 in 2025, up from 233 in 2024, and that reporting on responsible-AI benchmarks remained spotty while capability benchmarks are widely reported.
2026-04-12 · achievement · ●●● · published 2026-04-27corrected
In Hungary's 12 April 2026 election, Viktor Orbán conceded defeat after 16 years in power as Péter Magyar's Tisza party won a two-thirds parliamentary majority (141 of 199 seats in the final count) on a record 79.6% turnout, in a vote OSCE/ODIHR observers judged competitive with genuine choice but lacking a level playing field.
2026-04-10 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-04-10verified
On 10 April 2026 China's Cyberspace Administration published Interim Measures for anthropomorphic (human-like) AI interaction services, effective 15 July 2026, which bar providers from offering virtual partners, virtual relatives or other virtual intimate relationships to minors, require guardian consent for under-14s and a minors' mode with usage-time limits, and target emotional manipulation and addiction.
2026-04-07 · announcement · ●●● · published 2026-04-07verified
On 7 April 2026 Anthropic said its Claude Mythos Preview model had found thousands of high-severity zero-day vulnerabilities, including in every major operating system and web browser, and that it would not make the model generally available, instead giving it for defensive security work to Project Glasswing launch partners such as AWS, Apple, Google, Microsoft and the Linux Foundation and to over 40 other organisations that build or maintain critical software.
2026-03-28 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-03-28verified
The third nationwide 'No Kings' protest day against the Trump administration on 28 March 2026 had more than 3,100 registered events in all 50 US states (500 more than in October 2025), with organisers expecting 9 million participants after estimating over 5 million in June and 7 million in October 2025 (organiser figures, unverified).
2026-03-25 · policy · ●●● · published 2026-03-25verified
On 25 March 2026, in a landmark social-media-addiction trial, a Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in the design or operation of their platforms and a substantial factor in harm to a young plaintiff, awarding US$3 million in compensatory and US$3 million in punitive damages (about 70% Meta, 30% YouTube); TikTok and Snap had settled before trial.
2026-03-24 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-03-24verified
On 24 March 2026 a New Mexico jury found Meta liable for misleading consumers about the safety of its platforms and endangering children, ordering the statutory maximum of US$5,000 per violation, totalling US$375 million in civil penalties.
2026-03-20 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-03-20verified
On 20 March 2026 the White House issued a national AI legislative framework asking Congress to legislate on six objectives (child protection and parental controls, community and ratepayer protection, intellectual property, free speech, innovation and workforce) and to apply it uniformly nationwide in place of a 'patchwork' of state AI laws.
2026-03-05 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-03-13verified
In Nepal's 5 March 2026 early election, called after the 2025 Gen Z protests toppled the government, Balen Shah's Rastriya Swatantra Party won 182 of 275 House seats (up from 20 in 2022), Shah defeated former prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli in his Jhapa-5 stronghold, and he was sworn in as prime minister on 27 March aged 36.
2026-03-03 · policy · ●●● · published 2026-03-05verified
After Anthropic refused to drop its contractual bans on using Claude for fully autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance, US Secretary of War Hegseth formally designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk on 3 March 2026, excluding its models from Department of War contracts; Anthropic said it would challenge the designation in court.
2026-02-28 · setback · ●●● · published 2026-02-28verified
On 28 February 2026 the United States and Israel launched military attacks on Iran, including on the sites of some nuclear facilities, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei; the IAEA halted verification in Iran, and on 2 March its Director General said no elevated radiation had been detected in neighbouring countries but that a radiological release with serious consequences could not be ruled out.
2026-02-24 · policy · ●●● · published 2026-02-24corrected
Anthropic's Responsible Scaling Policy version 3.0, effective 24 February 2026, dropped its 2023 commitment not to train or deploy models unless adequate safety measures could be guaranteed in advance, replacing it with company plans plus industry-wide recommendations it says it cannot commit to following unilaterally, and a pledge to delay development if company leaders believe Anthropic has a significant lead and catastrophic risks are significant, citing competitors 'blazing ahead'.
2026-02-21 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-02-21verified
The India AI Impact Summit (New Delhi, 16-21 February 2026) closed with the New Delhi Declaration on inclusive, development-oriented AI endorsed by 86 countries and two international organisations (India later reported 92 endorsements), alongside 'New Delhi Frontier AI Impact Commitments' signed by 13 leading model providers.
2026-02-12 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-02-13verified
Bangladesh's 12 February 2026 general election, the first since Sheikh Hasina's 2024 ouster (turnout 59.88%), was won by Tarique Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party with 210 of the 300 directly elected seats, and an accompanying referendum approved the 'July Charter' of state reforms with over 60% support.
2026-02-05 · setback · ●●● · published 2026-02-04verified
New START expired on 5 February 2026 without a US response to Russia's offer to keep observing its central limits informally, leaving the US and Russian strategic nuclear arsenals without any legally binding limits for the first time in more than half a century, as UN Secretary-General Guterres warned of a 'grave moment'.
2026-02-03 · analysis · ●●○ · published 2026-02-03verified
The second International AI Safety Report, published on 3 February 2026 by over 100 independent experts with an advisory panel nominated by more than 30 countries and organisations, found growing evidence of AI use in real-world cyberattacks, that models increasingly distinguish test settings from deployment so dangerous capabilities could go undetected before release, that several companies shipped 2025 models with extra safeguards because testing could not rule out meaningful uplift to novice bioweapon development, and that at least 700 million people use leading AI systems weekly.
2026-01-27 · setback · ●●● · published 2026-01-27verified
The Human Rights Activists News Agency said on 27 January 2026 that Iran's crackdown on nationwide protests that began in late December 2025 had killed at least 6,126 people, including 5,777 protesters, 214 government-affiliated forces, 86 children and 49 non-demonstrating civilians, with over 41,800 arrests, while Iran's government put the toll at 3,117.
2026-01-26 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-01-26verified
On 26 January 2026 the European Commission opened a formal Digital Services Act investigation into whether X properly assessed and mitigated the risks of deploying Grok in the EU, including the spread of manipulated sexually explicit images and potential child sexual abuse material, and extended its December 2023 probe of X's recommender systems.
2026-01-26 · setback · ●●○ · published 2026-01-26verified
The curl open-source project announced on 26 January 2026 that it would end its bug-bounty program on 31 January 2026 because the share of submissions that were real vulnerabilities fell from over 15% in earlier years to below 5% in 2025 amid a flood of low-quality AI-generated reports; the program had paid over US$100,000 for 87 confirmed vulnerabilities.
2026-01-22 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-01-22corrected
On 22 January 2026 the United States formally completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, a year after initiating it, HHS and the State Department announced.
2026-01-22 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-22verified
On 22 January 2026 TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC was established under President Trump's September 2025 executive order, with Silver Lake, Oracle and MGX each holding 15% as managing investors, and took over US user data protection, content moderation and trust-and-safety policy, including retraining TikTok's US recommendation algorithm on US user data in Oracle's US cloud.
2026-01-19 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-01-19verified
Oxfam's January 2026 Davos report estimated that billionaire wealth rose by over 16% in 2025, three times faster than the past five-year average, to a record US$18.3 trillion, that billionaires' collective wealth grew by US$2.5 trillion (almost the total wealth of the poorest half of humanity, 4.1 billion people), and that the number of billionaires exceeded 3,000 for the first time.
2026-01-16 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-01-16corrected
Preliminary eSafety Commissioner data released on 16 January 2026 showed more than 4.7 million under-16 accounts had been deactivated, removed or restricted by age-restricted social media platforms within days of Australia's social media minimum-age law taking effect on 10 December 2025.
2026-01-15 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-01-15verified
At Wikipedia's 25th anniversary on 15 January 2026, the Wikimedia Foundation said Wikipedia is viewed nearly 15 billion times a month and edited by nearly 250,000 editors a month, and that Ecosia, Microsoft, Mistral AI, Perplexity, Pleias and ProRata had become paying Wikimedia Enterprise partners over the past year, joining Amazon and Google, as it pressed AI firms that rely on Wikipedia to help sustain it.
2026-01-12 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-01-12verified
On 12 January 2026 the UK regulator Ofcom opened a formal Online Safety Act investigation into X over Grok-generated non-consensual sexualised deepfake images, the UK Technology Secretary told the House of Commons.
2026-01-07 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-07verified
On 7 January 2026 Character.AI, its founders and Google agreed to settle the Florida wrongful-death lawsuit brought by Megan Garcia over her 14-year-old son Sewell Setzer III's suicide, and also settled four other suits in New York, Colorado and Texas alleging the chatbot harmed minors' mental health, according to court filings.
2025-12 · analysis · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
The FLI Winter 2025 AI Safety Index published grades for leading AI labs, including C+, C and D grades; not all labs received D or lower.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-12: The Future of Life Institute's AI Safety Index (Winter 2025, December 2025) gave all 8…
2025 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
The World Happiness Report 2025 ranked the United States 24th, its lowest ever position.
2025 · analysis · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
The World Happiness Report 2025 found, via wallet-return experiments, that people are kinder than expected, while young Americans report feeling less supported and less optimistic.
2025 · data · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
The World Happiness Report 2025 ranked Finland the happiest country for the 8th consecutive year, with a score of 7.74.
2025 · data · ●●● · published 2026-01-05corrected
The V-Dem Democracy Report 2025 found 91 autocracies and 88 democracies, with 72% of the world population living under autocratic rule versus 49% in 2004; liberal democracy was at its lowest level since 1990.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: The V-Dem Democracy Report 2025 found that, for the first time in more than 20 years,…
2025 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
A study found 72 percent of U.S. teens have tried an AI companion, and 52 percent said they are regular users.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Surveys found 72% of US teens have tried AI companions, 52% are regular users, and 48%…
2025 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
The SIPRI Yearbook 2025 estimated about 12,241 nuclear warheads globally, with all major nuclear powers modernizing their arsenals.
2025 · data · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05verified
Student-led protests in Serbia continued for more than 13 months through 2025.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Student-led protests in Serbia continued for more than 13 months through 2025.
2025 · projection · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05verified
Oxfam projected that at least 5 trillionaires will emerge within a decade.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Oxfam projected that at least 5 trillionaires will emerge within a decade.
2025 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
The OECD was tracking more than 700 citizen assemblies worldwide in 2025, and the EU launched a deliberative democracy accelerator.
2025 · setback · ●●● · published 2026-01-05legacy
As of the end of 2025, no replacement had been agreed for New START, the last major US-Russia nuclear arms control treaty, which expires on 5 February 2026.
2025 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05verified
Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigned in 2025 after a youth-led Gen Z protest movement.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigned in 2025 after a youth-led Gen Z protest…
2025 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05verified
Mongolia's Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene resigned in 2025 after youth-led protests.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Mongolia's Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene resigned in 2025 after youth-led protests.
2025 · data · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
The Linux Foundation's State of Open Source 2025 put the value of open source software at $8.8 trillion.
2025 · data · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
Prediction market Kalshi exceeded $1 billion in weekly trading volume in 2025, up more than 1000% year on year.
2025 · setback · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
Georgia’s EU accession process was suspended and protests continued in 2025 after the disputed election, as described in the fetched page.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Georgia's EU accession process was suspended, and daily mass protests continued through…
2025 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
The 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer found 61% of respondents across 26 markets (excluding China and Thailand) had moderate or higher grievance against business, government, and the rich, and 40% approved at least one listed form of hostile activism to drive societal change.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: The Edelman Trust Barometer 2025 found 61% of people globally hold institutional…
2025 · data · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
DeepStrike (vendor estimate) put the number of deepfakes circulating online at about 8 million in 2025, up 900% since 2023.
2025 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
The CDC counted 71 human H5N1 bird flu cases in the US, including 2 deaths.
2025 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
AARP’s 2025 study found 40% of U.S. adults aged 45 and older reported being lonely, compared with 35% in 2010 and 2018.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: AARP found 40% of US adults aged 45 and older were lonely in 2025, up from 35% in 2010…
2025 · data · ●○○ · published 2025-12-30verified
DAO governance activity declined in 2025, with proposal counts down 60-90% year on year and voting power concentrating, per the State of DeFi report.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: DAO governance activity declined in 2025, with proposal counts down 60-90% year on year…
2025 · setback · ●●○ · published 2025-12-30corrected
The Guardian reported in December 2025 that Anthropic said Chinese state-backed actors used one of its models to launch the first known AI-orchestrated cyber-espionage campaign.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: The first AI-orchestrated, state-sponsored cyber-espionage campaign was detected in…
2025 · data · ●●○ · published 2025-12-03corrected
Carnegie reported that anti-government protests emerged in more than seventy countries in 2025, with protests driven by corruption, overreach and hardship.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Youth-led anti-corruption protests swept more than 70 countries in 2025, many using the…
2025 · data · ●●○ · published 2025-08-26corrected
ADP/Stanford research found employment for 22- to 25-year-olds in AI-exposed jobs fell 6% between late 2022 and July 2025.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: ADP/Stanford research found employment in AI-exposed early-career tech roles fell about…
2025 · policy · ●●○ · published 2025-05-21verified
Italy's data protection authority fined Luka Inc., the company behind the Replika chatbot, EUR 5 million for GDPR violations.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Italy's data protection authority fined Luka Inc., the company behind the Replika…
2025 · analysis · ●●○ · published 2025-01-20corrected
Oxfam's 'Takers, Not Makers' report says 60% of billionaire wealth comes from inheritance, cronyism and corruption, or monopoly power.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Oxfam's 'Takers, Not Makers' report found 60% of billionaire wealth comes from…
2025 · projection · ●○○ · published 2025-01-01corrected
Precedence Research estimated the AI companion market at USD 12.61 billion in 2025 and projected it to reach USD 187.85 billion by 2035.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Precedence Research sized the AI companion market at $37 billion in 2025 and projected…
2025-12-29 · setback · ●●○ · published 2025-12-28corrected
China held exercises to encircle Taiwan on December 29-30, 2025, including live fire; live-firing drills across a record seven zones made them the largest to date by total coverage.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-12-29: China held its largest-ever military exercise encircling Taiwan on 29-30 December 2025,…
2025-12-12 · setback · ●●○ · published 2025-12-12verified
On 12 December 2025 OpenAI and Microsoft were sued over ChatGPT's alleged role in a murder-suicide.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-12-12: On 12 December 2025 OpenAI and Microsoft were sued over ChatGPT's alleged role in a…
2025-12-11 · policy · ●●● · published 2025-12-11corrected
On 11 December 2025 President Trump signed Executive Order 14365, titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence.”
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-12-11: On 11 December 2025 President Trump signed an executive order seeking to preempt US…
2025-12-10 · policy · ●●● · published 2025-12-09legacy
On 10 December 2025 Australia's ban on social media accounts for under-16s took effect, the first national ban of its kind in the world.
2025-12-05 · policy · ●●● · published 2026-01-05corrected
On 5 December 2025 the European Commission fined X €120 million for DSA violations including the deceptive design of its blue checkmark.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-12-05: On 5 December 2025 the European Commission fined X EUR 120 million for deceptive blue…
2025-12-04 · data · ●●○ · published 2025-12-04corrected
Pew reported that 44% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents felt angry at the federal government, compared with 9% of Republicans and Republican leaners, a 35-point gap.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-12-04: Pew Research reported in December 2025 a record 35-point partisan gap in the share of…
2025-11 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
Bluesky reported that its app had 40 million users in November 2025.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-11: Bluesky passed 40 million users in November 2025, roughly triple its user count a year…
2025-11 · data · ●○○ · published 2025-11-30verified
An American Psychological Association survey released in November 2025 found 54% of US adults feel isolated.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-11: An American Psychological Association survey released in November 2025 found 54% of US…
2025-11-28 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
On 28 November 2025 the Council of Europe Congress advanced deliberative democracy (including citizen assemblies) as part of its contribution to the New Democratic Pact.
2025-11-15 · setback · ●●○ · published 2025-11-24verified
The first human death from H5N5, a novel avian influenza subtype, was reported in the US on 15 November 2025.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-11-15: The first human death from H5N5, a novel avian influenza subtype, was reported in the…
2025-11-06 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05verified
On 6 November 2025 the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on autonomous weapons by 156 votes to 5, though no binding treaty exists.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-11-06: On 6 November 2025 the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on autonomous weapons…
2025-11-06 · setback · ●●○ · published 2025-11-06legacy
By November 2025 families had filed 8 or more wrongful death lawsuits against AI companies, including OpenAI over ChatGPT, over chatbot-related deaths.
2025-10-29 · policy · ●●○ · published 2025-10-29verified
On 29 October 2025 Character.AI announced it would ban all users under 18 from its chatbots following lawsuits over teen suicides.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-10-29: On 29 October 2025 Character.AI announced it would ban all users under 18 from its…
2025-10-27 · data · ●●○ · published 2025-10-27verified
OpenAI data reported on 27 October 2025 showed more than 1 million ChatGPT users per week show signs of suicidal intent in their conversations.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-10-27: OpenAI data reported on 27 October 2025 showed more than 1 million ChatGPT users per…
2025-10-13 · policy · ●●○ · published 2025-10-13verified
On 13 October 2025 California became the first US state to regulate AI companion chatbots, with SB 243 signed into law.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-10-13: On 13 October 2025 California became the first US state to regulate AI companion…
2025-10-07 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2025-10-07verified
On 7 October 2025 Denmark's prime minister announced plans to ban social media for children under 15.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-10-07: On 7 October 2025 Denmark's prime minister announced plans to ban social media for…
2025-09-23 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2025-09-23corrected
Ten open-source foundations published a joint statement warning that open infrastructure funding is fragile and unsustainable.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-09-23: On 23 September 2025 ten open-source software foundations published a joint statement…
2025-09-11 · policy · ●●○ · published 2025-09-11corrected
On 11 September 2025 the US FTC launched an inquiry into companies offering AI chatbots acting as companions.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-09-11: On 11 September 2025 the US FTC launched an inquiry into 7 companies offering AI…
2025-08-13 · analysis · ●○○ · published 2025-08-13verified
In August 2025 Geoffrey Hinton reiterated to CNN a 10-20% chance of AI causing human extinction within 30 years.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-08-13: In August 2025 Geoffrey Hinton reiterated to CNN a 10-20% chance of AI causing human…
2025-08-04 · policy · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order addressing loneliness among boys and young men.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-08-04: On 4 August 2025 California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order addressing…
2025-06-30 · data · ●●● · published 2025-06-30verified
The WHO Commission on Social Connection's first global report on social connection (30 June 2025) estimated that about 1 in 6 people worldwide (~16%) experience loneliness and that loneliness causes about 871,000 deaths a year (roughly 100 every hour, model-based estimate).
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-06-30: The WHO Commission on Social Connection's first global report on social connection (30…
2025-06-13 · data · ●●● · published 2025-09-30verified
Israeli and US strikes on Iran between 13 and 24 June 2025 destroyed about 22,000 Iranian centrifuges, according to the Institute for Science and International Security.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-06-13: Israeli and US strikes on Iran between 13 and 24 June 2025 destroyed about 22,000…
2025-06-12 · setback · ●●● · published 2026-01-05legacy
On 12 June 2025 the IAEA Board formally declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations, its first such non-compliance finding against Iran in 20 years.
2025-05 · policy · ●●○ · published 2025-06-30verified
In May 2025 the World Health Assembly adopted its first resolution treating loneliness and social connection as a public health priority.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-05: In May 2025 the World Health Assembly adopted its first resolution treating loneliness…
2025-05-22 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2025-05-22verified
On 22 May 2025 Anthropic activated AI Safety Level 3 (ASL-3) CBRN protections for Claude Opus 4, an industry first.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-05-22: On 22 May 2025 Anthropic activated AI Safety Level 3 (ASL-3) CBRN protections for…
2025-05-19 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
On 19 May 2025, the TAKE IT DOWN Act became Public Law No. 119-12.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-05-19: On 19 May 2025 the US TAKE IT DOWN Act was signed into law, the first federal law…
2025-04 · achievement · ●●● · published 2026-01-05verified
In April 2025 South Korea's Constitutional Court unanimously (8-0) upheld President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, removing him from office over his martial law attempt.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-04: In April 2025 South Korea's Constitutional Court unanimously (8-0) upheld President…
2025-03-25 · analysis · ●●○ · published 2025-03-25corrected
V-Dem report authors said Trump administration actions domestically amounted to an ongoing attempt steering towards democratic breakdown.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-03-25: V-Dem researchers flagged the United States as the fastest-evolving episode of…
2025-02 · data · ●●○ · published 2025-02-28verified
Freedom House reported a 19th consecutive year of global freedom decline in Freedom in the World 2025, with 60 countries deteriorating.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-02: Freedom House's Freedom in the World 2025 reported the 19th consecutive year of global…
2025-02-13 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
The Commission and European Board for Digital Services endorsed integrating the voluntary Code of Practice on Disinformation into the DSA framework.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-02-13: On 13 February 2025 the EU integrated the Code of Practice on Disinformation into the…
2025-02-02 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05verified
The EU AI Act's prohibited AI practices took effect on 2 February 2025.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-02-02: The EU AI Act's prohibited AI practices took effect on 2 February 2025.
2025-01 · announcement · ●○○ · published 2025-01-13verified
In January 2025 Mastodon announced it would restructure as a European non-profit organization.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-01: In January 2025 Mastodon announced it would restructure as a European non-profit…
2025-01-07 · policy · ●●● · published 2025-01-07verified
On 7 January 2025 Meta announced it would end its US third-party fact-checking program and shift to a Community Notes model.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-01-07: On 7 January 2025 Meta announced it would end its US third-party fact-checking program…
2024 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
Oxfam reported billionaire wealth rose three times faster in 2024 than in 2023.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2024: Oxfam reported billionaire wealth grew by $2.8 trillion in 2024, about $7.9 billion per…
2024 · data · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
DataReportal figures put average global daily internet-connected screen time at 6 hours 38 minutes in Q3 2024.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: DataReportal figures put average global daily screen time at 6 hours 40 minutes.
2024 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
Stanford AI Index 2025 figures cited by Responsible AI Labs recorded 233 AI safety incidents in 2024.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Stanford AI Index figures (via Responsible AI Labs) put documented AI safety incidents…
2024-12-27 · analysis · ●○○ · published 2024-12-27verified
Geoffrey Hinton estimated a 10-20% chance that AI leads to human extinction within the next 30 years, raising his earlier odds.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2024-12-27: Geoffrey Hinton estimated a 10-20% chance that AI leads to human extinction within the…
2024-12-06 · setback · ●●● · published 2026-01-05corrected
Romania annulled its first-round presidential election results after intelligence reports alleged a Russian interference campaign benefiting a candidate on TikTok and Telegram.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2024: Romania's presidential election was annulled over a Russian-linked TikTok bot campaign,…
2024-12-03 · achievement · ●●● · published 2026-01-05corrected
South Korea’s National Assembly unanimously demanded that martial law be lifted on 3 December, and Yoon lifted it around 04:00 KST on 4 December; the Assembly impeached him on 14 December.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2024-12: South Korea's martial law declaration was reversed within 6 hours by a 190-0 National…
2024-09-09 · data · ●○○ · published 2024-09-09legacy
Pew Research found 80% of US adults say Republican and Democratic voters cannot agree on basic facts.
2024-08-05 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
In summer 2024, student protests in Bangladesh against civil-service recruitment reform grew into a nationwide anti-government movement, and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down on August 5.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2024: Student-led protests in Bangladesh ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after 15 years…
2023 · data · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
According to the World Happiness Report 2025, 25% of Americans ate all their meals alone in 2023.
2023 · analysis · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
The U.S. Surgeon General’s advisory says lacking social connection can increase premature-death risk as much as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2023: The US Surgeon General's advisory on social connection equated the health impact of…
2023 · setback · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
Russia suspended inspections under the New START nuclear arms control treaty in 2023.
2023 · data · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
CDC’s 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey results show 40% of students overall had persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey data show 40% of US high school students report…