Demis Hassabis Publishes a Manifesto Calling for a FINRA-Style US-Led AI Watchdog — and Both Altman and Musk Publicly Back It

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Hassabis released 'A Framework for Frontier AI and the Dawning of a New Age,' proposing an industry-funded, technically staffed body answerable to the US government that would screen the world's most advanced models pre-release, bar unsafe ones from the American market, and coordinate an industry-wide slowdown if risks mount — modeled explicitly on Wall Street's FINRA and operational 'before year end.' Bloomberg reported on July 16 that he is personally lobbying Washington on it. The rare convergence — Altman calling it 'thoughtful,' Musk calling it 'a good starting point' — makes this the closest thing to cross-lab regulatory consensus since 2023.