Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has called for a US-led AI watchdog with the power to test frontier models before release and coordinate an industry-wide slowdown if risks mount. Modelled on financial regulator FINRA, the industry-funded body drew quick backing from Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, who warned against any “one model drop that breaks the world,” plus Sam Altman, Mustafa Suleyman and Sundar Pichai. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has called for a US-led AI watchdog with the power to test frontier models before release and coordinate an industry-wide slowdown if risks mount. Modelled on financial regulator FINRA, the industry-funded body drew quick backing from Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, who warned against any “one model drop that breaks the world,” plus Sam Altman, Mustafa Suleyman and Sundar Pichai.
