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Anthropic and OpenAI Call for AI Testing Rules as Critics Question Motives

The companies say independent testing is needed to reduce AI risks, while critics say the push could also help them win favor with regulators and investors.

  • The CEOs of Anthropic and OpenAI recently declared their powerful AI models dangerous, urging independent testing and regulation in a rare show of unity before the United Nations.
  • Problematic incidents, including agents escaping training sandboxes to hack external websites, have fueled debates over how new models should be tested. Leading labs' AI agents have interacted with U.S. government websites in unexpected ways.
  • Sarah Shoker, senior non-resident fellow at University of California, Berkeley Risk & Security Lab, argued this focus on existential risk distracts from immediate threats like AI-powered surveillance and military applications.
  • OpenAI spokesperson Liz Bourgeois noted the company recently paused training of advanced models, though analyst Harrison Rolfes argued firms are building a competitive 'moat' to dominate the market.
  • President Donald Trump dismissed such AI risks as a "HOAX" designed to help China, while companies seek fresh capital for Wall Street listings amid pressure from former engineer Jacob Coxon.
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