[…] Hassabis said the U.S. was well positioned to lead in developing an AI framework “given its economic and technical standing.” “It could establish a new Standards Body modelled on a federally overseen public-private partnership or self-regulatory organisation, much like the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), with a board that includes independent leading technical experts and open-source representatives,” he added. FINRA regulates brokerage firms and exchange markets in the U.S.
The proposed body would need “substantial” funding “in order to attract world-class technical talent and provide the necessary compute resources for large-scale testing,” Hassabis said. Funding would “likely” come from industry, he added. Frontier labs would initially voluntarily share models with the body for review up to 30 days before release, before becoming mandatory for deployment in the U.S. market after being shown to be “effective.” “Specific agentic AI tests could look for attempts to bypass safety guardrails or signs of deception, and ensure best practices, such as digitally watermarking AI-generated images and generating human-readable output tokens to understand model reasoning,” Hassabis said. Further reading: Over 200 Economists Say ‘We Must Act Now’ On AI’s Economic Impact
