The proposals were made in a new report on AI safety, which calls for a stronger regulation ofhardware.
Three Cambridge University institutes co-led the study paper, alongside OpenAI and the GovAI research community.
They fear that governments are overlooking the dangers of compute, which could trigger disasters.
Governments are well aware of these dangers, but their safeguards largely concentrate on software.
The Cambridge team advocates a change of priorities.
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Its also produced via an extremely concentrated supply chain.
These characteristics make compute a good lever for regulation.
These measures have received amixed response.
Supporters say theyre effective in the short-term, but critics argue they cause economic harm and ultimately rally opponents.
The report present several alternative restrictions.
One isadding a unique identifier to each chip, which would mitigate espionage and chip smuggling.
To reinforce these tags, an internationalregistry could track the flow of chips destined for AI supercomputers.
All chipproducers and sellers would be required to report every transfer and the computeunder controlby each state and corporation.
Regularaudits would ensure that the records remain accurate.
These proposals arrive amid a boom in the chip market.
Any radical safety measures may, therefore, have a harder time gaining support from companies than governments.
Story byThomas Macaulay
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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
