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, 12:15 UTC
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Coverage: 44 signals: 42 reviewed by editors, 2 published automatically after an AI check. 5 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
US Treasury Secretary Bessent announces a new US–China dialogue on "SI" covering pre-release model testing and an incident channel
In remarks at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations gala, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that "at President Trump's direction" the US has begun "establishing a new dialogue with China on SI, designed to guard against shared risks and prevent a misunderstanding between our two systems." Bessent said "we also expect to exchange best practices for evaluating and testing advanced models before their release," and that "we are establishing a direct channel to ensure that either nation can promptly alert the other to serious incidents involving its SI models." He quoted Kissinger's view that superintelligence "could represent a novel class of strategic danger." The remarks name no lead agency, define no "serious incident", and say nothing on whether AI labs would report into the channel, so they state an intention rather than a working mechanism. The speech also says the two sides "should harbor no illusions" and that "our interests will not always coincide." Scout has not verified the timing of the Shenzhen meeting or any Chinese readout; those claims are not recorded here.
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Last updated
11 Nov 2026, 04:03 UTC · revision 5
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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).
