Trump Likes Mandatory AI Regulation for America but Not China? + Anthropic Defeats Distillation
With producer Jack Conlin
About this episode
Jack Conlin and Gregory Allen examine how a new AI incident led to a shift in AI safety policy from the White House’s Super Intelligence Task Force, and CAISSI gets more direct access to the White House.
Greg and Jack discuss the landmark shift in AI policy that takes safety more seriously, but still fails to address the growing risk of Chinese models. Then, Anthropic reports it has stopped distillation from 90-99% of attempts, cutting off a core avenue that feeds Chinese AI development. Will this milestone prove to be durable, and how will it affect US AI leadership and strategy?
In this episode
- 00:00Anthropic agents cause White House shift to tougher de facto AI regulation and oversight
- 10:10CAISSI gets a name change and now reports to the White House
- 14:06Focusing on US model safety without addressing Chinese models is inconsistent and jeopardizes American AI leadership
- 22:38Anthropic has stopped 90-99% of adversarial distillation, will it lead to a durable US advantage?