So8res reveals he spearheaded the viral AI-safety kid's press push
eli_lifland · x · 2026-09-25
Responding to speculation about who paid the PR firm behind Jacob's viral AI-safety tour, researcher So8res says it was him: when the original tweet hit 100k likes, the AI safety community urged him to help, so he asked DEY to land press coverage. They got zero hits — by 500k likes the whole world was banging on Jacob's door.
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