“Avoiding an AI Arms Race with Assurance Technologies” by Nora Ammann, Sarah Hastings-Woodhouse

As AI's transformative potential and national security significance grow, so has the incentive for countries to develop AI capabilities that outcompete their adversaries. Leaders in both the US and Chinese governments have indicated that they see their countries in an arms race to harness the economic and strategic advantages of powerful AI.

Yet as the benefits of AI come thick and fast, so might its risks. In a 2024 Science article, a broad coalition of experts from academia and industry raised the alarm about the serious threats that advanced AI may soon pose — such as AI misuse or loss of control events leading to large-scale cyber, nuclear, or biological calamities.

Because these risks wouldn’t be constrained by geography, it is in everyone's interests to mitigate them, hence calls by scientists from multiple countries for international efforts to regulate AI. However, an international AI development deal will only succeed [...]

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Outline:

(02:23) Assurance mechanisms for AI

(05:23) Hardware-enabled mechanisms

(08:12) Designing an Effective HEMs-Enabled Assurance Regime

(08:45) Pre-emptive

(09:46) Flexible

(10:31) Privacy-preserving

(11:44) Multilateral

(12:36) Unlocking New Policy Options

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First published:
June 16th, 2025

Source:
https://aifrontiersmedia.substack.com/p/avoiding-an-ai-arms-race-with-assurance

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