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Deepmind CEO Hassabis says "nobody in the world knows what happens next" so "cautious optimism" means building guardrails now

Google Deepmind CEO Demis Hassabis proposed a new US standards body modeled after financial regulator FINRA to develop evaluation protocols for frontier AI models and coordinate a potential slowdown in development if needed, while exempting startups and research models. Hassabis said 'nobody in the world knows what happens next,' advocating for 'cautious optimism' by building guardrails now.

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Google Deepmind CEO Demis Hassabis has published a sweeping proposal for how to handle advanced AI. He wants a new US standards body modeled after financial regulator FINRA that would develop evaluation protocols for frontier models and could coordinate a slowdown in AI development if needed. Startups and research models would be exempt.

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