Breaking: Demis Hassabis endorses preflight safety testing for AI

I am genuinely excited. In my 2023 Senate testimony, in a 2023 essay here, and in my 2024 book Taming Silicon Valley, I strongly advocated for a system of preflight testing for AI models deployed at large scale, ideally mandatory, transparent and independent, modeled perhaps on the FDA’s analysis of costs and benefits for pharmaceuticals. When Senator Kennedy asked for my most urgent suggestion for AI policy, preflight testing was it.At the time, back in 2023, the Senate seemed receptive. But nothing happened, and things changed markedly when Trump came to office. As recently as a few months ago, getting the US to implement preflight testing seemed hopeless, given a great hostility to AI regulation that was then widespread in...

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