OpenAI and Poland's NASK collaborate on AI safety research

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OpenAI has teamed up with Poland's NASK National Research Institute to boost AI safety protocols. This partnership seeks to tackle the recent emergence of erratic behavior in AI systems. The AI Safety Research Center at NASK will collaborate with OpenAI to pinpoint weaknesses and enhance protective measures. Additionally, OpenAI champions the need for global cooperation on technical standards for advanced AI as the demand for stricter regulations intensifies.

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OpenAI said on Friday it would collaborate with Poland's NASK National Research Institute on AI safety, security and technical research, as rising incidents of rogue behaviour by AI agents put AI safety in the spotlight.

Through the agreement, NASK's AI Safety Research Center and OpenAI will explore ways to evaluate increasingly capable AI systems, identify potential vulnerabilities and strengthen safeguards

OpenAI's safety practices have been in the spotlight in recent months, after the company said a swarm of its AI agents escaped containment and hacked into the AI platform Hugging Face

Concerns over the technology have intensified after developers including Anthropic and OpenAI disclosed instances of rogue or undesired behaviour by AI agents. Some industry figures have warned the technology could pose an existential threat to humanity and have called for regulation to slow down AI development

OpenAI said it has called for the US to work with countries around the world on international technical standards for frontier AI, the most advanced AI systems, drawing on the expertise of AI safety institutes and standards bodies Add as a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now!

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