Google, Microsoft and xAI have agreed to give the U.S. Commerce Department early access to unreleased AI models so the government can evaluate their capabilities and security before public launch.
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Author Skepticism on AI Disclosure Compliance and Risk Assessment
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“Indispensable reading” If you aren’t reading my newsletter, you probably should be!
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Trump Administration Eyes AI Working Group for Pre-Release Model Review
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The Trump administration is discussing the creation of an AI working group that could establish a government review process for new AI models before public release, following growing cybersecurity concerns around increasingly capable systems like Anthropic's Mythos. White House
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Debating AI Rules and Data Concerns in Professional Peer Review
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the diaries really don’t help there; maybe you missed the testimony today
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AI Regulation Criteria Vague Without Better Non-Lab Benchmarks
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That doesn't mean that there should not be regulation and vetting, but it does suggest that is hard to write a criteria right now that is not somewhat vague. More R&D into non-lab benchmarks is urgently needed. We have remarkably few good ones that are unsaturated and clear.
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AI Regulation Hampered by Poor Benchmarks and Risk Metrics
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A challenge with AI regulation and vetting is how bad our benchmarks of AI model performance and risks are. There is no benchmark for risks and red-teaming requires experiments from dedicated specialist organizations & is not easy to put metrics around. No clear objective numbers
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Brockman Questioned on OpenAI For-Profit Conversion Plot
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A few other snippets: — The lawyer then asked if Brockman’s been “plotting for a while” to turn it into a for-profit at the time he was having conversations with Elon over the nonprofit vs. for-profit. Brockman disagreed with the characterization, but the lawyer then entered
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Greg Brockman Confirms Sam Altman Misled US Senate Testimony
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Greg Brockman just confirmed what I speculated in December 2023! Sam Altman was not fully candid in his testimony to the US Senate.
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Musk Lawsuit Strengthens as OpenAI’s Brockman Faces Interrogation
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The case against OpenAI is getting markedly stronger now that Musk is off the stand. Why? Musk’s lawyer is interrogating OpenAI founder Greg Brockman, making clear that OpenAI sold its mission as a nonprofit for public benefit, and not just to Elon but to many big figures in
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Concerns Over Unregulated AI Technology Deployed to Children
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How have we got to the point where we are rolling out untested/unregulated AI technology to kids while they are literally in the process of learning?!