Demis Hassabis: A Framework for Frontier AI

• AGI is "probably only a few short years away" — Hassabis calls this the foothills of the singularity, with impact perhaps 10x the Industrial Revolution at 10x the speed.
• Frontier progress is outpacing our understanding: the commercial and geopolitical race leaves no time to get safety right — policy should follow "cautious optimism".
• Proposes a US Frontier AI Standards Body modeled on FINRA: a federally overseen public-private partnership, industry-funded, with independent experts and open-source reps on the board.
• Models crossing benchmark thresholds become "Frontier-class"; their makers become "Frontier Labs" expected to publish model cards, harden security, vet personnel, and fund safety research.
• Labs would share models 30 days pre-release for testing (cyber, bio, agentic deception, watermarking); once proven, passing becomes required to deploy in the US market.
• Evals refresh quarterly and eventually go held-out and lab-independent; the framework applies to open and closed models from any country, and could coordinate a slowdown if needed.

Sources: @demishassabis (Demis Hassabis)