Yes exactly. If a fireworks factory blew up half a town due to negligence, it doesn't matter if there's intent or not. Someone has to pay for the damages, and regardless of penalty half the town is on fire. The facts are, that something made by openai went to do xyz. It doesn't matter if it's an accident. Of course the penalties are different but there's no argument that there should be a penalty. It doesn't matter if it's a cat or dog or AI or employee that did it.

I think this is not just fair it's probably one of the best/simplest proxy regulations to pace the frontier. So far everyones been asking for regulation but it's unclear how that should look like. No X parameter models? Only N version releases per year? It's all kinda arbitrary and probably leads to ridiculous constraints and loopholes. But "you pay big time if AI goes rogue" sounds pretty straightforward.

Would that really make a difference? Surely the damages from all these hacks added together don't even add to an hour of expenses of a frontier lab

I wonder if Glock, Smith & Wesson, Sturmn, Ruger and Co. would start panicking if that were to happen.

I agree they should though.

Going to be cool when one of their bio division agents creates the next plague.

Does this work for foreign (non-state) actors using Chinese open source models? That's going to be the larger problem.

Yeah but in the USA, above a certain size, you are untouchable.

I'm assuming the AI labs are (quietly) settling with their victims.