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.
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11 Nov 2026, 01:45 UTC
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Coverage: 32 signals: 31 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.
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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 Risk
Microsoft Research describes "Lazarus", a method to backdoor AI agents by reprogramming dormant neurons, in a post titled "Lazare, veni foras"
On 10 Nov 2026 Microsoft Research published "Lazare, veni foras: Reprogramming Dormant Neurons to Backdoor AI Agents", describing a backdoor technique it calls "Lazarus" that "can reprogram dormant neurons in an AI model, causing an otherwise normal AI agent to execute malicious commands when a hidden trigger appears." The Microsoft Security blog post of the same day says the method edits "fewer than 10 neurons to inject a short payload" and that the sleeper agent "passes all evaluations" until a trigger string appears. The Microsoft Research post says the backdoor needs no training run and is "difficult to detect through normal testing"; the Security blog says the attack "needs inference-only compute." Microsoft says it "has not observed any threat actors weaponizing this technique." The Microsoft Security blog post also says "Claude Code with Opus 4.5 discovered most of this threat autonomously." These are company-reported research claims; the paper's experimental figures were not checked by Scout.
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Multiple independent sources
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Not established · Location unknown
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Unknown
Last updated
11 Nov 2026, 01:04 UTC · revision 4
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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.
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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).
