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Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed independent safety evaluators inside their AI labs. Researchers welcome the access but warn that meaningful oversight requires transparency, independence, and eventually regulation.
Why it matters: Embedded evaluators could give outside researchers unprecedented access to AI labs, but researchers say the arrangement only works with transparency, independence, and eventual regulation.
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Source
“Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed independent safety evaluators inside their AI labs. Researchers welcome the unprecedented access, but warn meaningful oversight requires transparency, independence, and eventually regulation.”
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