Google’s Demis Hassabis says it’s time for a global AI watchdog — led by the US
Demis Hassabis thinks the world needs an AI watchdog with the power to hit the brakes if frontier models become too dangerous. Google’s Demis Hassabis...
Key points
- Demis Hassabis thinks the world needs an AI watchdog with the power to hit the brakes if frontier models become too dangerous.
- Google’s Demis Hassabis says it’s time for a global AI watchdog — led by the US He reportedly hopes the US-led institution will be up and running before the end of the year.
- He reportedly hopes the US-led institution will be up and running before the end of the year.
- Writing in a blog post, the Google DeepMind CEO and cofounder said the US should lead the initiative, arguing that the country is the best place to set global standards “given its economic and technical standing.” The organization, which could resemble existing regulators like the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, would be made up of leading independent experts and representatives from open-source communities and would have the authority to evaluate frontier models before they are released and coordinate an industry-wide slowdown if they were judged too risky to deploy.
What happened
Demis Hassabis thinks the world needs an AI watchdog with the power to hit the brakes if frontier models become too dangerous. Google’s Demis Hassabis says it’s time for a global AI watchdog — led by the US He reportedly hopes the US-led institution will be up and running before the end of the year. He reportedly hopes the US-led institution will be up and running before the end of the year. Writing in a blog post, the Google DeepMind CEO and cofounder said the US should lead the initiative, arguing that the country is the best place to set global standards “given its economic and technical standing.” The organization, which could resemble existing regulators like the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, would be made up of leading independent experts and representatives from open-source communities and would have the authority to evaluate frontier models before they are released and coordinate an industry-wide slowdown if they were judged too risky to deploy. The blog, titled “A Framework for Frontier AI and the Dawning of a New Age,” argued that the need for global regulation is becoming more urgent as AI systems grow in sophistication. “When we look back on this time in the...