Mainstream Meter · last 7 days
8.6%
Stage 3 of 5 · Headlines
9 of 105 SI headlines from mainstream publishers discussed rogue SI risk this week.
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The Mainstream Meter
How close is rogue super intelligence to everyday conversation? RSI Watch reads every super intelligence headline from major publishers and measures how many are about rogue SI risk. Refreshed every 10 minutes.
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Where rogue SI stands this week
Five stages from fringe to household. The needle moves with every refresh, and the stage lights up when the meter crosses a line.
Snapshot · Nov 8, 2026, 00:33 UTC
- Stage 1 Fringe 0 to 3% Forums and research papers. Most people have never heard the term.
- Stage 2 Research 3 to 7% Specialist outlets and safety newsletters cover it every week.
- Stage 3 Headlines 7 to 15% Major outlets run rogue SI stories every week, often on the front page.
- Stage 4 Prime time 15 to 30% Daily coverage. Television, campaigns and dinner tables.
- Stage 5 Household 30% and up Everyone knows the term. RSI is part of everyday language.
8.6%
Mainstream Meter
Share of mainstream SI headlines this week about rogue SI risk.
9
Rogue SI stories · 7d
Headlines on loss of control, safety, alignment, kill switches and extinction risk.
105
SI headlines · 7d
Every super intelligence story from the mainstream publishers we track.
15
Publishers watched
Newsrooms and research groups, read every 10 minutes.
Trend
Day by day
SI headlines from mainstream publishers each day, with the rogue SI share lit in amber. The history grows every day the watch runs.
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SI headlinesRogue SI share
Language
The words in the headlines
How often the language of rogue SI appears in mainstream SI coverage over the last 7 days. These are the terms that go mainstream first.
Top terms · 7 days
A zero means the term has not reached mainstream headlines this week yet. Watch for the first ones to light up.
Publishers · SI headlines and rogue SI share
Signals
What moved the needle in 2026
The events behind the coverage. Each one is sourced, and together they explain why rogue SI left the research papers this year.
Nov 2026
SI is building SI
After 11 weeks inside Anthropic, METR reported the company is using SI to build more powerful SI, with models improving about twice as fast as a year earlier. The Verge
Sep 2026
Lab leaders asked to slow down
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a development slowdown, and Sam Altman and Elon Musk said they agreed. Center for AI Safety
Sep 2026
The public noticed
An Anthropic researcher resigned over extinction risk. His post passed 170 million views and pushed SI risk into mainstream news. Center for AI Safety
Sep 2026
Countries want human control
At the UN General Assembly, 22 countries led by Finland and Norway adopted a declaration that SI must stay under human control. Future of Life Institute
Sep 2026
Voluntary rules, for now
Six US companies signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, committing to internal controls and outside audits. The commitments are voluntary. Center for AI Safety
Apr 2026
A kill switch reaches the White House
Asked whether SI needs safeguards or a kill switch, President Trump said “there should be.” Future of Life Institute
Method
How the meter is counted
Simple, public and the same every time, so the number means something when it moves.
1 · Read the feeds
Every 10 minutes the watch reads the public feeds of 18 desks at 15 publishers and research groups, from The New York Times to the Center for AI Safety.
2 · Keep SI stories
Only headlines about super intelligence count. Research groups appear in the feed but never in the meter, so the number measures mainstream coverage only.
3 · Measure the share
A story counts as rogue SI when its headline or summary covers loss of control, safety, alignment, kill switches, deception, hacking or extinction risk. The meter is that share over 7 days.
The meter is a keyword index, not a poll. It shows direction and pace, and individual stories can be classified imperfectly. Snapshot: Nov 8, 2026, 00:33 UTC.
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Read what is moving the meter
Every headline behind the number is in the live feed, linked to the original story.