Sam Altman endorses pacing the frontier and commits to independent evaluators with employee-like access
Turn_Trout · x · 2026-09-13
Sam Altman quoted Dario Amodei, saying he agrees the frontier needs pacing—a topic of recent internal discussions at OpenAI—and committed to giving independent evaluators employee-like model access, with more to share soon.
The quoted post from a Google DeepMind Cyber/CBRN Misuse Safeguards researcher adds that capabilities are rising fast, misuse and misalignment risks weigh on those inside, and argues for scaling third-party auditors like METR instead of labs grading their own homework.
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