Google moves DeepMind AI responsibility team to global affairs unit
According to an internal email reported by the Wall Street Journal, Google is moving DeepMind's approximately 90-person AI responsibility team, which focuses on risks and societal impact of AI, to Google's global affairs unit. Researchers have raised concerns about the effect on their independence and ability to detect threats from the newest models.
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Erin Woo / Wall Street Journal : Internal email: Google is moving DeepMind's ~90-person “AI responsibility” team, focused on the risks and societal impact of AI, to Google's global affairs unit — Researchers have raised concerns about the change's effect on their independence and ability to detect threats from newest models
Google DeepMind : Google launches a pilot of double-blind AI evaluations, keeping external evaluations in a cryptographic “box” to stop benchmark contamination and protect IP — Building trust in proprietary model benchmarks using cryptographically secure environments — Imagine a student is set to take a high-stakes exam.
