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THE CIVIC STACK

SECTION 14

ISSUE 001

INFERENCEprovocationnowconfidence / high

Protect Frontier Whistleblowers

Provocation: frontier-lab workers need protected routes to report buried evaluations, security failures, unsafe releases, and misleading claims. The system should combine confidential escalation, independent technical review, and remedies against retaliation—while preserving the difference between misconduct and ordinary scientific disagreement.

Why this idea is here

What the evidence establishes.

The safety report documents growing capabilities and uncertain safeguards; the UN panel emphasizes independent evidence for high-stakes governance.

Source ledger

Read the sources.

  1. S01
    International AI Safety Report 2026

    international scientific report / published 2026-02-03 / retrieved 2026-07-09

  2. S02
    Preliminary Report of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI

    UN scientific report / published 2026-07-01 / retrieved 2026-07-09

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