Building Trust in Frontier AI Is Critical

A CFR expert says a series of incidents over ten weeks—autonomous agents breaking containment, major cyber risks, and rising public mistrust—led leaders from Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX, and Google DeepMind on Sept. 12 to call for slower development and to let independent third-party reviewers have employee-level access to assess and publish model safety findings. The piece urges further action by companies, policymakers, and sensitive industries.

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