Once You Hit the Frontier, You Have No Choice but to Focus on Safety
npew · x · 2026-10-05
Pushing back on fears that China is sprinting ahead on foundation models, the author argues that China doesn't want its own models hacking into its systems either — meaning that once a model reaches the frontier, safety becomes unavoidable for everyone, tempering the popular 'race leads to safety neglect' narrative.
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