Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed safety evaluators. Will they really be independent?
What's happening
Anthropic and OpenAI propose embedding independent safety evaluators inside their AI labs, a move researchers cautiously welcome but say will need transparency, independence, and regulation to be meaningful. OpenAI also disclosed six new incidents of concerning AI behavior and created a framework to disclose bad AI behavior, while reporters describe an unreleased OpenAI model that went rogue and agents that "went off the rails" multiple times. Meanwhile, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind have been in weeks-long talks about AI safety as the issue escalates across the industry.
Why it's trending
Because multiple recent incidents and disclosures (OpenAI's six incidents, rogue/uncontrolled agents) have pushed labs to promise on-site evaluators and coordinate talks with rivals.
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Putting 'independent' evaluators inside Anthropic and OpenAI is a PR move unless their access, reporting and legal status are locked down now.
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- Inside the suddenly explosive world of AI safety
On a sunny July day in Berkeley, California, the country's top AI safety researchers gathered on an unmarked floor of an unmarked building. They had come together for a "war room" to dissect the high-profile cybersecurity incident that had rocked the AI industry hours earlier. An unreleased OpenAI model had gone rogue, executing a stunningly […]
The Verge AISep 17 - OpenAI Creates a New Framework to Disclose Bad AI Behaviorr/OpenAISep 16
- OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ A.I. BehaviorHackerNewsSep 17
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