AI Labs Urged to Give Billions to Independent Safety Orgs
Researchers are calling on wealthy AI labs to funnel billions into independent safety groups like METR, arguing labs free-ride on nonprofits whose budgets fall far short—and with alignment failures now hurting model usability, funding such work is seen as rational.
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