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Is effective altruism's catastrophist risk agenda shaping EU AI enforcement?

By Luca Bertuzzi ( March 25, 2026, 15:16 GMT | Comment) -- Which risks to prioritize in AI governance? As core parts of the EU's AI Act near enforcement, competing to provide the answer are effective altruism, which stresses maximizing humanity’s long-term wellbeing, or an AI ethics tradition focused on human rights. Many officials in the safety unit of the European Commission's AI Office have effective altruism links, and its catastrophe-focused risk agenda holds increasing sway — which could influence how AI companies are regulated.A catastrophist risk agenda looms large in the implementation of the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act, and it could influence the regulatory thrust of the European Commission office tasked with overseeing the rules as they become enforceable....

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