De La Rosa asks companies what further commitments they'd make
De La Rosa asks what additional commitments companies would make. Cahill says the accord is a start; Friend notes the accord contemplates becoming law and that Google has long worked toward a federal framework; Graham says the accord calls for standards, controls, and independent evaluation.
Thank you for your answer.
Let's go to Mr.
Cahill.
Chair, thank you very much for the question.
Yes, indeed, Meta, along with our peers, some of our peers, signed the accord for superintelligence.
This accord is a start, and in accord, the whole industry can come behind.
It includes, as I mentioned, I think, in one of my previous answers,
partnering commitment to partner with independent evaluators and assessors.
And this is something that we have also specified in our scaling framework.
Are there commitments beyond those that you agreed on that your company is willing to make?
Beyond the accord council member?
Yes, beyond the framework.
The accord is a start, as I mentioned, so I think this is a continuing conversation.
Thank you.
Ms.
Friend?
So as the other witnesses noted, the accord at the White House, which we also signed, called for internal controls,
partnering with external auditors and evaluators and ongoing monitoring of systems, all of which we think is very healthy and much of which we already practice.
I'll also note that towards the end of the accord,
It observes that it may be necessary for these commitments to become part of law.
And as I said at the top, we have long worked towards a federal framework for AI safety.
Thank you, Mr.
Graham.
Yeah, likewise, the accords to my understanding from what's public calls for security standards, internal controls, independent evaluation.
We support that and have for a very long time.
We also obviously think this needs to go further.
We've supported regulation and we've proposed our view on regulation in our advanced AI framework, which details the need to have safety frameworks, testing and what kinds, security standards, safeguards
to encode the need for independent evaluators.
We are now trialing our own to help advance the science of independent monitors as well as safety processes, as well as investing in cyber and biodefense.
And in absence of federal legislation here, we've also supported safety bills at the state level for audits and evals of this kind to accomplish this.
Thank you for your answer.