{"slug": "deepmind-ceo-to-lobby-washington-on-plan-for-group-to-vet-ai-models", "title": "DeepMind CEO to Lobby Washington on Plan for Group to Vet AI Models", "summary": "Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis plans to lobby Washington next week on his proposal for an international watchdog to test and review cutting-edge AI models before release. The proposal, praised by OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk, follows concerns about advanced cybersecurity capabilities in Anthropic's Mythos model and aims to address risks like biosecurity threats. Hassabis argues that ad hoc government talks are unsustainable and calls for a formal oversight body similar to financial regulators.", "body_md": "(Bloomberg) -- Earlier this week, Google DeepMind Chief Executive Officer Demis Hassabis unveiled a proposal for a new international watchdog that would do \"rigorous\" tests and reviews of cutting-edge AI models before release.\n\nMost Read from Bloomberg\n\n-\n[Thailand Scraps Plan to End Visa-Free Entry for Indian Tourists](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-14/thailand-drops-plan-to-end-visa-free-entry-for-indians-after-hit-to-tourism?utm_campaign=bn&utm_medium=distro&utm_source=yahooUS) -\n[Beckham's IM8 Gets $1 Billion From General Catalyst for Growth](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-14/beckham-s-im8-gets-1-billion-from-general-catalyst-for-growth?utm_campaign=bn&utm_medium=distro&utm_source=yahooUS) -\n[CIA Says AI Drones Give Russian Troops Only 30 Minutes to Live](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-15/cia-says-ai-drones-give-russian-troops-only-30-minutes-to-live?utm_campaign=bn&utm_medium=distro&utm_source=yahooUS) -\n[OpenAI's First Device Will Be Movable, Screenless Speaker Built as AI Companion](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-14/openai-s-first-device-will-be-moveable-screenless-speaker-built-as-ai-companion?utm_campaign=bn&utm_medium=distro&utm_source=yahooUS) -\n[US Strikes Iranian-Linked Oil Tanker Deep Within Persian Gulf](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-16/us-strikes-iranian-linked-oil-tanker-deep-within-persian-gulf?utm_campaign=bn&utm_medium=distro&utm_source=yahooUS)\n\nThe plan, unveiled in a blog post Tuesday, was quickly praised by rivals such as OpenAI's Sam Altman, who called it \"thoughtful,\" and Elon Musk, whodescribed it as \"a good starting point for discussions.\" Next week, Hassabis intends to hold meetings about his proposal in Washington with US policymakers, according to a person familiar with the matter.\n\nHassabis, who had been preparing his framework for months, said he decided to publish it following concerns around the advanced cybersecurity capabilities of Anthropic's Mythos model, which he called a \"warning shot\" for society.\n\n\"I'm worried about different types of risks also coming down the line,\" Hassabis said in an interview, focusing on the potential for new biosecurity threats. \"The models aren't good enough yet, but if you extrapolate out, maybe they will be in a couple of years.\"\n\nHis proposal coincides with heightened uncertainty in the US around government scrutiny of new AI models. Anthropic and OpenAI delayed the wide release of their latest offerings under pressure from the Trump administration. Those moves appeared to come as a surprise to other countries — which rely on US technology — and prompted discussions between the European Union and the US government over model access, along with meetings between tech CEOs and world leaders at the recent G7 conference in France.\n\nHassabis said that his company has also been in talks with the government over the release of its newest offerings. \"As we train our latest models and as they get certain scores and benchmarks, we're talking to government and the AI security institutes about those things and testing them internally. That all has to continue,\" Hassabis said. \"But I think doing that in an ad hoc fashion isn't very sustainable in the longer term.\"Altman also previously called for a new US-led international group to set safety standards around AI. The suggestion from Hassabis is similar, and modeled after oversight bodies like the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepmind-ceo-to-lobby-washington-on-plan-for-group-to-vet-ai-models", "canonical_source": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/deepmind-ceo-lobby-washington-plan-201736367.html", "published_at": "2026-07-16 20:17:36+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-16 21:41:23.231752+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-safety", "ai-policy", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Google DeepMind", "Demis Hassabis", "OpenAI", "Sam Altman", "Elon Musk", "Anthropic", "Mythos"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepmind-ceo-to-lobby-washington-on-plan-for-group-to-vet-ai-models", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepmind-ceo-to-lobby-washington-on-plan-for-group-to-vet-ai-models.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepmind-ceo-to-lobby-washington-on-plan-for-group-to-vet-ai-models.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepmind-ceo-to-lobby-washington-on-plan-for-group-to-vet-ai-models.jsonld"}}