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Flagship · Frontier Series Vol. 01

The Safety Horizon: The State of AI Safety 2026

FAIR Labs Frontier Series · July 2026 · FL-2026-01

The flagship volume of the Frontier Series takes stock of AI safety at mid-decade. Its central finding is a widening capability–assurance gap: the pace at which frontier systems gain autonomy and reach has outrun our ability to evaluate, interpret, and control them. The report inventories what has gone right, maps where the gaps are widening, sketches four trajectories to 2030, and closes with an eight-point agenda for every stakeholder with a hand on the wheel.

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Series Frontier · Vol 01
Type Annual Assessment
Audience Policymakers & Leaders
Format PDF
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