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‘It’s the modern nuclear arms race’: safety expert Denis Shilov on slowing down AI

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Denis Shilov, founder of the Paris AI safety startup White Circle, said AI should face scrutiny comparable to the nuclear industry in order to slow down its development. He cited “€80o” as a concrete figure in the article. His position pushes for tighter safety oversight and more cautious rollout of AI systems.

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The clearest throughline today wasn’t a new model release—it was the push to make AI feel sellable, measurable, and safe once it leaves the lab. Europe’s Innovation Council’s Tech Report 2026 mapped 25 early “technology signals,” and Zubr Capital’s follow-up checked which ones became private, investable companies. Embodied AI stood out: five independent private rounds in Q2 2026 backed European embodied AI firms, while other signals didn’t translate into matching checks. That same productization pressure showed up in operations language from AINews, which highlighted Anthropic’s claim that the Claude-led share of model R&D tasks jumped from 1% to 26% in about six months—less “chat + tools,” more orchestrated, multi-session agent work with managed harnesses and tighter evaluation.

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‘It’s the modern nuclear arms race’: safety expert Denis Shilov on slowing down AI

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