“Consider how your global governance proposal is different from the EU Code of Practice” by David Matolcsi

<p> (As an employee of the European AI Office, it's important for me to emphasize this point: The views and opinions of the author expressed herein are personal and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission or other EU institutions.)</p><p> In a recent essay, Dario Amodei advocates global coordination to pace the frontier of AI development. Level 2, which he already considers to be ambitious, reads as:</p><p> An agreement by both sides to test their models before release for acute risks in areas such as cybersecurity, biology, and alignment. As noted above, this could be done through a global standards body. I actually think creating such a body is likely feasible, but giving it real teeth will be a challenge, and the difficulty will be in verification that both sides don’t have secret models which they don’t test but may deploy in secret (e.g., for military applications).</p><p> Elsewhere, Demis Hassabis envisions a FINRA-style self-regulatory standards body, which "would provide a strong starting point for creating shared international standards on Frontier AI":</p><p> Organisations with ‘Frontier Models’ as defined by those benchmarks would be deemed ‘Frontier Labs’, and be encouraged to adopt best practices, such as publishing model cards with [...]</p> <p>---</p>

<p><b>First published:</b><br/>

September 13th, 2026 </p>

<p><b>Source:</b><br/>

<a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/2vHsTtQF23TBNhvKX/consider-how-your-global-governance-proposal-is-different?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Source+URL+in+episode+description&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/2vHsTtQF23TBNhvKX/consider-how-your-global-governance-proposal-is-different</a> </p>

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