Multiple UK AI Security Institute staff signed off with stress over frontier model testing
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-09-23
Multiple staff at the UK's AI Security Institute — the global leader in independent testing of frontier AI models — have been signed off work with stress and are undergoing counseling, highlighting the intense pressure of frontier model evaluation work.
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