OpenAI Wants a Safety Floor It Can Already Clear

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<p>This first ran on <a href="https://deanlee.info/essays/openai-national-safety-floor/" rel="noopener noreferrer">deanlee.info</a>. OpenAI asked Congress for a national safety floor the same week California signed auditor bills. I read that as a capability argument and as a cost argument.</p> <p>On September 9, OpenAI's chief global affairs officer, Chris Lehane, published a post titled "The AI policy window is open. We need to act." The company wants Congress to pass mandatory, capability-based national AI safety rules before it adjourns in December. Until then, OpenAI says it will keep back

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<p>This first ran on <a href="https://deanlee.info/essays/openai-national-safety-floor/" rel="noopener noreferrer">deanlee.info</a>. OpenAI asked Congress for a national safety floor the same week California signed auditor bills. I read that as a capability argument and as a cost argument.</p> <p>On September 9, OpenAI's chief global affairs officer, Chris Lehane, published a post titled "The AI policy window is open. We need to act." The company wants Congress to pass mandatory, capability-based national AI safety rules before it adjourns in December. Until then, OpenAI says it will keep back

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<p>This first ran on <a href="https://deanlee.info/essays/openai-national-safety-floor/" rel="noopener noreferrer">deanlee.info</a>. OpenAI asked Congress for a national safety floor the same week California signed auditor bills. I read that as a capability argument and as a cost argument.</p> <p>On September 9, OpenAI's chief global affairs officer, Chris Lehane, published a post titled "The AI policy window is open. We need to act." The company wants Congress to pass mandatory, capability-based national AI safety rules before it adjourns in December. Until then, OpenAI says it will keep back

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OpenAI Wants a Safety Floor It Can Already Clear

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