Governance & Safety

Reducing Catastrophic Risk from AI with Systematic Monitoring and Evaluation of Rogue AI Progression

The governance side (2609.03189, "Reducing Catastrophic Risk from AI"). A national-security-flavored inter-lab group (Sandia, ORNL, RAND-adjacent, universities) proposes a structured framework of behavioral indicators for progression toward catastrophic threats - metrics, indicators, and thresholds across multiple dimensions of capability and behavior, cybersecurity-style - so researchers and policymakers can run evidence-based monitoring protocols instead of vibes.

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The governance side (2609.03189, "Reducing Catastrophic Risk from AI"). A national-security-flavored inter-lab group (Sandia, ORNL, RAND-adjacent, universities) proposes a structured framework of behavioral indicators for progression toward catastrophic threats - metrics, indicators, and thresholds across multiple dimensions of capability and behavior, cybersecurity-style - so researchers and policymakers can run evidence-based monitoring protocols instead of vibes. The framework treats "rate the AI's trajectory" as an instrumentation problem with defined thresholds.

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Title
Reducing Catastrophic Risk from AI with Systematic Monitoring and Evaluation of Rogue AI Progression
Author
Bauer, Kegelmeyer, Begoli, Sadovnik, Emerson, Corley, Generous, Moore, Bartoldson, Goldhan, Goldman, Greaves, Vermeer, MacLennan, Schulker
Publication
arXiv