There are many different things that AI companies could be transparent about. One relevant axis is transparency about the current understanding of risks and the current mitigations of these risks. I think transparency about this should take the form of a publicly disclosed risk report rather than the company making a safety case. To be clear, there are other types of transparency focused on different aspects of the situation (e.g. transparency about the model spec) which also seem helpful.

By a risk report, I mean a report which reviews and compiles evidence relevant to the current and near future level of catastrophic risk at a given AI company and discusses the biggest issues with the AI company's current processes and/or policies that could cause risk in the future. This includes things like whether (and how effectively) the company followed its commitments and processes related to catastrophic risk, risk-related [...]

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(05:18) More details about risk reports

(07:56) When should full risk report transparency happen?

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