Financial Times: Staff inside OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as the safety researchers they would rely on to conduct this work, were blindsided by the weekend’s announcements. Though many employees agree about the need to slow down, they also fear that putting it into practice could jeopardise their work.
A particular issue inside both companies is the plan to embed outside evaluators within the labs to oversee model development. Some fear this could compromise the security of their prized technology, according to people familiar with internal discussions, with one describing it as a source of “conflict”…