Days after Demis Hassabis proposed a FINRA-style AI standards body, the Trump administration is considering a remarkably similar plan
The speed and near-universal endorsements from AI lab leaders and tech CEOs after Demis published his proposal wasn't a spontaneous reaction. this had obviously been discussed and refined behind the scenes for months.
The whole "everyone at the frontier agrees" story now looks carefully constructed to build momentum for the reported FINRA-style regulator.
Demis Hassabis will be meeting with policymakers in Washington next week to lobby for his plan, according to Bloomberg.
On the same day, The White House has launched a program called 'Gold Eagle' which will give them more control over American frontier AI releases, and will require explicit government approval over which companies are granted access to new models.