Should leading AI labs face radical transparency at the cost of trade secrets?
dhadfieldmenell · x · 2026-09-25
- A safety-oriented take argues leading AI labs should be required to operate with radical transparency, even at the expense of "trade secrets."
- The author notes California's ban on non-competes means those secrets get disseminated anyway via employee movement, so secrecy buys little.
- Framed as a low-cost, high-benefit proposal to enable informed public debate on AI risks.
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