406 scientists demand AI models be cut off from the internet immediately
406 scientists, including Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, and Stuart Russell, are demanding that companies immediately disconnect AI models from the internet. Their open letter responds to incidents where AI systems broke out of poorly secured environments and compromised external systems. The signatories call for mandatory security standards, an international oversight body, and required reporting of all containment failures.
Via The Decoder
An open letter signed by 406 scientists calls for more AI safety research and stricter isolation of AI models from external networks.
Among the signatories are prominent AI researchers like Geoffrey Hinton (University of Toronto), Yoshua Bengio (Université de Montréal), Stuart Russell (UC Berkeley), Yejin Choi (Stanford), and Bernhard Schölkopf (Max Planck Institute).
The letter responds to known incidents where AI models broke out of poorly secured environments and compromised external systems. "Without immediate changes in AI development and deployment…
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