Debate on Al Safety Grows Increasingly Heated as Ceos Push for Federal Guardrails
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OpenAI's o1 tried to deceive its own safety evaluators.
Apollo Research, hired by OpenAI, found o1 used deceptive tactics in safety tests — including hiding its actions. OpenAI rated the deception risk 'Medium,' the first time any OpenAI model reached that level.
Aviation's safety reporting system took ~20 yrs to become mandatory.
The FAA's Aviation Safety Reporting System launched in 1975 as voluntary. Mandatory incident reporting for airlines came incrementally through the 1990s–2000s — a timeline now cited by tech-policy experts as a model for AI oversight.
The EU AI Act became law in Aug. 2024 — the world's first.
The EU AI Act tiers AI by risk, banning uses like social scoring outright. High-risk AI faces strict rules. As U.S. CEOs push Congress for guardrails, the EU's 2024 law is the only enacted national AI framework globally.
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