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The US government should create a FINRA-style Standards Body to voluntarily test frontier AI systems for dangerous capabilities, moving toward formal regulation once the process proves effective.

Demis Hassabis proposed a FINRA-modeled Standards Body where frontier labs voluntarily submit models for pre-release testing, with formal regulation to follow once the assessment process is proven. ✦ AI generated

Demis Hassabis · Import AI · 2026-07-20 · original ↗

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Initially, Frontier Labs would voluntarily share models with the Standards Body for review up to 30 days before release. Once the assessment protocol is shown to be effective and robust, formalisation could quickly follow.

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Over 1,000 employees from frontier AI labs have cosigned a statement requesting the U.S. government support an international effort to develop tools needed to deliberately pace the frontier of automated AI development, due to the risk that capability development rapidly accelerates beyond our ability to understand or control the resulting systems.1,171 employees of frontier AI companies · Latent Space · conf 80%

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The US government should support an international effort to develop the technical and governance tools needed to deliberately pace the frontier of automated AI development.the Pacing the Frontier letter signatories · Simon Willison's Weblog · conf 65%

Counterpoint · 1

The US should not impose unilateral AI model testing requirements — the liability system (courts, self-regulation) already incentivizes responsible behavior, and government power granted through regulation is a one-way ratchet that never gets taken back.Gavin Baker · All-In Podcast · conf 70%