60 U.K. Lawmakers Accuse Google of Breaking AI Safety Pledge
Summary
Sixty U.K. parliamentarians accused Google DeepMind of violating international safety pledges by releasing Gemini 2.5 Pro without immediate safety testing details.
Key quotes
If leading companies like Google treat these commitments as optional, we risk a dangerous race to deploy increasingly powerful AI without proper safeguards
labelling a publicly accessible model as ‘experimental’ does not absolve Google of its safety obligations
The article details an open letter from U.K. lawmakers and PauseAI U.K. criticizing Google’s delay in publishing safety reports for Gemini 2.5 Pro. It highlights a broader trend of AI companies failing to adhere to voluntary safety commitments.