SpaceX founder Elon Musk speaks to members of the media during a press conference announcing the new development of the reusable Crew Dragon spacecraft at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, October 10, 2019.
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Elon Musk called for top artificial intelligence companies to work together and test each other’s models before making them available to the public, as some industry leaders warn of the dangers of artificial intelligence technology and call for stronger government regulation.
He spoke at the All In Summit in Los Angeles on Monday. space x The CEO talked about SpaceX’s xAI business. OpenAI, human, google, Meta And “three or four major Chinese companies” should have rivals run “test harnesses” on their models to assess safety.
“So instead of grading your homework yourself, at least have a competitor grade your homework for you and alert you if there are concerns,” Musk said.
The debate over how to regulate AI is intensifying after leaders from Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies warned over the weekend of the technology’s harms and called for a slowdown in model development. Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman were among the technology leaders who supported Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s proposal to slow down, in a rare show of solidarity.
The move by top AI leaders comes amid widespread warnings about the fate of humanity, with AI researchers sounding the alarm last week after Jacob Coxon announced he was quitting his job at Anthropic.
Coxon, who also worked at OpenAI, wrote that major AI labs are “gambling with our lives.” Researchers were quick to agree, with Evan Hubinger, head of alignment at Anthropic, backing Coxon’s statement.
“Jacob is right. We truly believe that AI could kill the entire human race! Personally, I think it will be over 10% within the next 10 years,” Hubinger wrote.
The Trump administration has pushed back on calls from tech leaders for tighter restrictions on AI. President Donald Trump called concerns about AI a “misinformation” and a “scam” in a flurry of posts on Truth Social on Monday.
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told CNBC on Tuesday that the private sector is the “right place” to address concerns about AI. He said the government continues to monitor the industry and will “use law enforcement as necessary to ensure companies are acting responsibly.”
Musk added on Monday that while his peer review method may not be a perfect solution, it “dramatically increases the likelihood of finding problems.”
Musk acknowledged that rival AI research institutes that compete with xAI, which SpaceX acquired in February, did not agree with his proposal. In his essay, Amodei suggested that the AI Institute may agree to third-party technology evaluations by “embedded evaluators” to verify safety practices.
President Trump has suggested that attempts to speed up the pace of AI development will give China an advantage in technological development. Amodei expressed similar concerns over the weekend, calling it “the toughest dilemma.”
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Monday called AI companies’ push to slow the economy “fear-mongering,” according to an English translation of his remarks published by Reuters.
“What I’m saying here is this is a step in the right direction and something we should do quickly,” Musk said. “I think China probably agrees.”
