Future of Life Institute AI Safety Index Finds All Major AI Companies Lack Adequate Safety Safeguards

Summary

On December 2, 2025, the Future of Life Institute published its Winter 2025 AI Safety Index, evaluating eight leading AI companies across 35 safety indicators in six domains including risk assessment, information sharing, whistleblowing protections, and support for AI safety research. The report concluded that even the strongest performers lack concrete safeguards, independent oversight, and credible long-term risk-management strategies, and that the sector remains "structurally unprepared for t