Why Google DeepMind’s CEO Just Begged the Government to Regulate AI (and What It Means for Your Startup)
Hassabis said the body could review models 30 days before release and require assessments for U.S. deployment.
- On Tuesday morning, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis proposed creating a regulatory Standards Body to oversee Frontier Models, modeled after the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority .
- This proposal follows criticism regarding opaque reviews performed by the White House on Anthropic's Mythos and OpenAI's Sol, which lacked technical transparency and clear decision-making processes.
- Initially, Frontier Labs would voluntarily share models with the Standards Body for review up to 30 days before release, with potential formalization requiring assessments for U.S. deployment.
- Under Hassabis, the regulator would be backed by the White House but funded by the industry, staffed by technical experts who could outsource evaluations to specialized safety groups.
- The prospect of regulation remains controversial within the Trump Administration; most recently, White House advisor Sriram Krishnan discounted an executive regulator, stating "there will not be an FDA for AI.
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Why Google DeepMind’s CEO Just Begged the Government to Regulate AI (and What It Means for Your Startup)
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