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OpenAI and Los Alamos National Laboratory announce research partnership

OpenAI + Los Alamos just formalized AI safety evaluation. Here's why biosecurity risk assessment is becoming table stakes for frontier models.

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As frontier models grow more capable, government-lab partnerships on safety evaluation are shifting from optional to essential—and setting precedent for how AI companies will be audited on high-risk capabilities.

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  1. OpenAI and Los Alamos National Laboratory partnership announced

  2. Focus: safety evaluations for biological capabilities and risks

  3. Targets frontier models specifically

  4. Government-industry collaboration on AI safety governance

  5. Biosecurity risk assessment framework development

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Publisher excerpt: OpenAI and Los Alamos National Laboratory are working to develop safety evaluations to assess and measure biological capabilities and risks associated with frontier models.
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