industry. Amid the climate of frustration and fear in Washington, a policy white paper echoing Altman’s recommendations arrived two months after his hearing in July 2023. Written by a consortium of researchers, including from OpenAI’s Safety clan, Microsoft, and Google DeepMind as well as more than a dozen think tanks, many tied to the Doomer community, it pushed once again for a new licensing regime for AI models using compute thresholds, and the development of AI safety evaluations for dangerous capabilities including the ability to manipulate and persuade and the creation of novel
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