487 AI researchers demand cyber-capable AI be trained only on air-gapped systems

A group of 487 AI specialists, including Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, signed an open letter calling for tougher rules on AI training. They propose air-gapping and sandboxing to contain cyber-capable models and a new international body to oversee standards and report containment failures.

• 487 researchers signed the open letter, including Hinton and Bengio
• They call for air-gapping and sandboxing to contain cyber-capable AI models
• Propose an international body for standards and reporting containment failures
• Microsoft president Brad Smith earlier said AI is less regulated than washing machines