Collaborative research on AI safety is vital | Letters

If we are to take seriously the risk facing humanity, regulators need the power to recall' deployed models, as well as assess leading, not lagging, indicators of risk, writes Prof John McDermid

Re Geoffrey Hinton's concerns about the perils of artificial intelligence (Godfather of AI' shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity over next 30 years, 27 December), Ibelieve these concerns can best be mitigated through collaborative research on AI safety, with a role for regulators at the table.

Currently, frontier AI is tested post-development using red teams" who try their best to elicit anegative outcome. This approach will never be enough; AI needs to be designed for safety and evaluation - something that can be done by drawing on expertise and experience in well-established safety-related industries.