The AI referee could be captured by Big Tech

July 15, 2026

Hassabis proposes that this new independent body assess specific frontier risks, such as models' ability to carry out cyberattacks, deceive their operators, or facilitate the creation of harmful biological agents. The idea of independent scientists conducting stress tests before launch sounds reasonable, but the reality of self-regulated bodies is that they often suffer from regulatory capture. Do you mean that the major technology companies would end up indirectly controlling the very referee that is supposed to oversee them? Precisely, since dominant corporations like Google, Microsoft, and Meta are the only ones with the budget and personnel to influence the definition of safety metrics and the technical committees of this body.

Hassabis proposes that this new independent body assess specific frontier risks, such as models’ ability to carry out cyberattacks, deceive their operators, or facilitate the creation of harmful biological agents. The idea of independent scientists conducting stress tests before launch sounds reasonable, but the reality of self-regulated bodies is that they often suffer from regulatory capture. Do you mean that the major technology companies would end up indirectly controlling the very referee that is supposed to oversee them? Precisely, since dominant corporations like Google, Microsoft, and Meta are the only ones with the budget and personnel to influence the definition of safety metrics and the technical committees of this body.

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