








Writers at Risk Archive
PEN America champions the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world. The bedrock work of the global PEN network is advocacy and assistance on behalf of individuals persecuted for their use of the written word or other forms of expression. PEN America’s Writers at Risk Database is a searchable catalog of the writers, journalists, academics, public intellectuals and others under threat around the world. The database includes historical cases PEN America has worked on from 1987 onwards; non-active cases are color-coded black. PEN America is grateful to the John Templeton Foundation for support that enabled the establishment of the Writers at Risk Database and to PEN International for their collaboration in assembling this database.

Reputational Risk Index — The Global Situation Room Inc.
The Reputation Risk Index™ is a quarterly barometer of emerging and evolving reputational threats to companies and organizations. The Index combines data from the Global Situation Room’s team of crisis experts and analysis from more than 150 preeminent public affairs leaders, from former heads of state and ministers to current CEOs and senior executives who serve on the Global Risk Advisory Council™.
It’s Stanford time, baby: 8-hour time-restricted press releases linked to a 91% higher risk of hype
You and the blog readers might find this interesting: https://newsroom.heart.org/news/8-hour-time-restricted-eating-linked-to-a-91-higher-risk-of-cardiovascular-death.
W Social, Fictional Metrics and the Beauty of Open Data
W Social's tagline is "Trust Your Feed" but the company's landing page displays inflated engagement metrics - a misrepresentation that contradicts its own promise.

The Voice of the ‘Intellectual Dark Web’
Claire Lehmann’s online magazine, Quillette, prides itself on publishing “dangerous” ideas other outlets won’t touch. How far is it willing to go?

Trust Conference - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Trust Conference is a global forum dedicated to tackling critical issues at the intersection of media, law and business. Apply for your free ticket today.

Frontier Risk Report (February to March 2026)
A pilot assessment of rogue deployment risk at frontier AI companies. Starting in February 2026, METR conducted a pilot exercise to assess misalignment risks from AI agents used inside frontier AI developers, with participation from Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI.


Can we measure trust in scientific publications? - LSE Impact
Jonathon Alexis Coates outlines how a constellation of static and dynamic indicators could provide a means for assessing the trustworthiness of published research

Forecasting Research Institute on Twitter / X
Introducing the Automated AI Risk Outlook (AIRO): a dashboard of catastrophic risk forecasts from an ensemble of frontier AI models, updated weekly.Current ensemble forecasts of an AI-related catastrophe that kills at least 10% of the global population:• By 2030: 0.47%• By… pic.twitter.com/vc7F00L0Oa— Forecasting Research Institute (@Research_FRI) September 11, 2026
The Maple (@readthemaple.com)
Canadian news & opinion that confronts the status quo. 100% reader-funded & independent. Edited by @alex.readthemaple.com & @davide.readthemaple.com Website: https://www.readthemaple.com/ Email list: http://www.readthemaple.com/signup-bluesky/
The Four Big Risks | Silicon Valley Product Group
In the first edition of my book, INSPIRED, I discussed how successful products are valuable, usable and feasible, where I defined “valuable” as both valuable to customers and valuable to your business. While it’s easy to remember these three attributes, over the years I’ve come to believe that it was obscuring some pretty serious risks and...

i hope people keep saying pro-cancer, anti-ai things in prestige publications. i know they think it and i want as many receipts as i can get
The Atlantic
Emma Pierson could directly benefit if AI cured cancer. Yet, she writes, as a professor of AI who was once mentored by Anthropic’s co-founder, she’s rooting for AI progress to slow down.
i hope people keep saying pro-cancer, anti-ai things in prestige publications. i know they think it and i want as many receipts as i can get
The Atlantic
Emma Pierson could directly benefit if AI cured cancer. Yet, she writes, as a professor of AI who was once mentored by Anthropic’s co-founder, she’s rooting for AI progress to slow down.