In a significant shift for the AI industry, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently proposed embedding independent safety evaluators within AI companies. This move, which would have seemed unthinkable just a year ago, aims to grant third-party evaluators unprecedented access to company systems, enabling them to report safety incidents and assess AI model alignment. Both Anthropic […]
California’s newly enacted AI safety law, known as SB 53, signifies a bold step towards balancing regulation with technological innovation. Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, this law requires major AI labs to provide transparency regarding their safety and security measures, particularly in preventing catastrophic risks such as cyberattacks and bio-weapons creation. Adam Billen, Vice President […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom has officially signed SB 53, a groundbreaking bill that introduces unprecedented transparency requirements for large AI companies. This legislation, the first of its kind in the United States, mandates that major AI labs, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google DeepMind, disclose their safety protocols. Passed by the state legislature two weeks […]
In a recent policy paper, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, and Center for AI Safety Director Dan Hendrycks caution against the U.S. pursuing a Manhattan Project-style initiative to develop Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), which represents superhuman intelligence. They argue that an aggressive quest for control over superintelligent AI could incite […]