Boaz Barak: AI labs should compete in markets but collaborate on science and safety
livgorton · x · 2026-09-08
Responding to Sam Holtodouglas's lament that a recent episode didn't become an example of how frontier labs could coordinate — with far higher stakes to come — Boaz Barak argues labs should compete in the marketplace, which is great for customers, but should collaborate when it comes to advancing science and promoting safety, where everyone wins.
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