Where published signals are happening
Every marker is a published Human-Level signal with its sources, timestamps, and how precisely its location is known. The Observatory shows what has been reviewed and published, not everything that is happening.
Delayed
- Data as of
- 6 Nov 2026, 15:45 UTC
- Source freshness
- Delayed
- Last source check
- 6 Nov 2026, 15:45 UTC
- Update check
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Updates are checked periodically; new signals appear within minutes of being published, after editorial review or an automated check. Live streaming is not configured on this host.
Coverage: 8 signals: 7 reviewed by editors, 1 published automatically after an AI check. 4 sources are monitored for new items; each is checked before it is published. This is a curated selection, not a complete record of global events.
Legend
- Signal at a known city or public site
- Approximate location (region or country) — not an exact site
- Several signals nearby; select to zoom in
- AI AI Risk
- Bi Biosecurity
- Cy Cyber Warfare
- Co Cognitive Manipulation
- Su Surveillance State
- En Energy Systems
- Ev Environment
- Tr Transhumanism
Colour and two-letter codes show the domain. Markers do not encode severity or confidence; there is no published scoring method for either.
AI can turn security fixes into working exploits before users receive an update
GLM 5.3, a widely available open-weight model released by Z.ai in August, turned published but unshipped Firefox security fixes into working exploits for six recent releases. Each exploit also needed an unpublished bug. Visiting a page made Firefox read a local file and send it to the attacker; the authors report no code execution. The marginal cost was about $1,000 per release at API prices, out of over $100,000 in total research spend. Epoch AI reports these results.
- Location
- Not established · Location unknown
- Event time
- Unknown
- Source published
- 29 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
- Last updated
- 6 Nov 2026, 03:08 UTC · revision 11
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All matching signals (8)
Mapped signals (5)
Location not established (not shown on the map) (3)
How this map works
What appears
Signals an editor has reviewed and published, and items from monitored official sources that passed an automated AI check, which are labelled “Published automatically”. Each one cites at least one public source, or is labelled as editorial analysis with its methodology. Withdrawn signals are removed.
Locations
We use the least precise location that is still useful. Dashed markers are approximate (region or country) and do not mark an exact site. Signals without an established location are listed but not pinned. We do not map personal locations.
Timestamps
Event time, source publication time, and the time we retrieved a source are shown separately. Missing values are shown as unknown, never guessed.
Freshness and updates
The page checks for new data every minute. Source freshness is reported on its own: a working update check does not mean the sources are current. New signals appear after review and a site release.
No scores
Markers do not encode severity or confidence. Evidence is described qualitatively (for example “single source” or “multiple independent sources”) with a written rationale.
Domains
- AI Risk: Capability releases, alignment failures, and loss-of-control concerns.
- Biosecurity: Synthetic biology, pathogens, and dual-use life-science developments.
- Cyber Warfare: Offensive AI, autonomous weapons, and attacks on critical infrastructure.
- Cognitive Manipulation: Information operations, synthetic media, and psychological influence.
- Surveillance State: State and corporate surveillance infrastructure and governance.
- Energy Systems: Grid fragility, compute energy demand, and resource competition.
- Environment: Climate tipping points, geoengineering, and ecological systems.
- Transhumanism: Human augmentation, neurotechnology, and brain-computer interfaces.
Basemap: Natural Earth 1:110m countries (public domain).