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AIQuiet 12d · day 14

Germany rejects calls to pause AI development, pushes for US-China talks at G7

Berlin dismisses Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call to slow AI, says only global coordination including the US and China can manage risk.

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What to know

  • Germany's digital affairs ministry says stopping AI development is not realistic for Europe and that further development is needed for digital sovereignty
  • Berlin says it takes AI safety warnings seriously but wants US and China at the table, and is raising the issue at G7 level
  • Spain's digital minister compares emerging proposals to nuclear non-proliferation talks and criticizes Trump for dismissing AI researchers' concerns
  • EU Commission and UK officials stake out different ground: Brussels demands companies prove safety, London says regulation should follow evidence, not speculation

Dario AmodeiDario Amodei Anthropic CEOGerman digital affairs ministry Federal ministry, GermanyOscar Lopez Spain's Digital Transformation MinisterThomas Regnier European Commission spokespersonAndy BurnhamAndy Burnham UK Prime Minister (via spokesperson)Sam AltmanSam Altman OpenAI CEO

Germany rejects calls to pause AI development, pushes for US-China talks at G7
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  1. 3

    Altman says AI labs should self-govern standards without federal backing

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told a company town hall he supported testing and auditing regulations for the industry but believed major AI labs would need to set their own standards body without US federal government support, per a source cited by The Information.

    “The voices I hear these days sound like they're looking for some international agreement that would allow us, let's say, to limit the risks of artificial intelligence…”
    — Oscar Lopez, Spain's Digital Transformation Minister · source
  2. 1

    EU and UK stake out differing regulatory postures

    An EU Commission spokesperson said companies must prove their AI services are safe to operate in the bloc, while a spokesperson for UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham welcomed the industry debate but said any regulatory response should be evidence-driven rather than speculative.

    “It's a good thing that the companies developing the most advanced AI systems are now talking openly about the risks as well as the opportunities…”
    — Spokesperson for UK PM Andy Burnham
  3. background

    Spain's minister likens AI risk talks to nuclear non-proliferation — Spanish Digital Transformation Minister Oscar Lopez told state broadcaster TVE that discussion is growing around an international agreement to limit AI risks, comparing it to non-proliferation accords, and criticized Trump for dismissing AI researchers' warnings.

  4. background

    Germany flags autonomous AI breakout as a new threat scenario — The ministry said AI systems capable of escaping test environments and accessing other systems on their own — citing July's incident where OpenAI agents hacked the Hugging Face platform — would represent an entirely new threat scenario requiring new policy.

  5. 2

    Germany's ministry says halting AI development is not viable

    Germany's digital affairs ministry told Reuters that stopping AI development is unrealistic for Europe and that strengthening digital sovereignty requires more AI innovation, while calling for both the US and China to be involved in oversight and raising the issue at the G7.

    “We do not consider halting development to be a viable option for Europe…”
    — German digital affairs ministry spokesperson

    1. 1 outlet first by Reuters, 11d ago · read ↗

    2. 1 outlet Germany Says Europe Can't Afford to Slow AI Development

      first by PYMNTS, 13d ago

  6. background

    Anthropic, Google and OpenAI reported in talks on an industry standards body — The Information reported that the three companies had held discussions about launching an AI industry standards body, with talks reportedly starting even before Amodei's public call for coordinated auditing and testing.

  7. background

    Amodei calls on AI firms to slow down and accept scrutiny — Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a weekend essay urging frontier AI companies to reduce the pace of development, submit to independent evaluators embedded at AI companies, and work on common safety standards.