Sam Altman calls for pacing AI development but promises rapid progress will continue
Sam Altman urges paced AI development with pre-training safety protocols as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google discuss independent self-regulation oversight.
Sam Altman called for a uniform nationwide safety framework for advanced AI while insisting progress will remain rapid, saying pacing is not stopping. OpenAI now sets explicit safety protocols before training runs that could yield major capability jumps, and Altman hopes other companies propose their own approaches. Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, Satya Nadella, and Elon Musk also backed better-controlled AI development. The Information reports OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have discussed self-regulation through an independent oversight body, while smaller players like Cohere warn of cartel dynamics.
- Altman wants a nationwide AI safety framework but says industry should not wait for lawmakers.
- OpenAI sets explicit safety protocols before training runs with potential capability jumps.
- Amodei, Hassabis, Nadella, and Musk also backed more controlled AI development.
- OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google reportedly discussing self-regulation via independent oversight body.
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Sam Altman is doubling down on his call to pump the brakes on AI, at least a little. He wants a uniform, nationwide safety framework for advanced AI but says the industry shouldn't wait for lawmakers, even though international coordination needs U.S. government support. To that end, OpenAI now sets explicit safety protocols before training runs that could bring major capability jumps, and Altman hopes other companies "will learn from our approaches and propose their own." He also makes clear that "pacing" doesn't mean "stopping." Progress will "continue to be" rapid, just not as fast as it could.
Pacing will be well worth this cost; no amount of American competitive pressure should justify recklessness, or let capabilities get ahead of alignment and monitoring.
Sam Altman, OpenAI
Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, former Deepmind CEO Demis Hassabis, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and Elon Musk all backed better-controlled AI development. According to The Information, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have been talking for months about self-regulation through an independent oversight body. Smaller players like Cohere worry this could turn into a cartel.
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