Mandate reporting of AI training runs above 10²⁶ FLOPs to a designated national or international authority

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  Future of Life Institute

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  We commend the BIS rule’s inclusion of a provision which requires the reporting [...] computing power greater than 10^{26} integer or floating-point operations. Unverified source (2024)

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  Anthony Aguirre

  Physicist; Future of Life cofounder

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  be registered in a database maintained by a US regulatory agency. (Note: [...] executive order on AI, requiring registration for models above 1026 FLOP.) Unverified source (2025)

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  Samuel Hammond

  Senior Economist, FAI

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  to train models beyond a sufficiently high threshold of compute should be required to pre-register training runs [...] a threshold of 10^26 FLOPs would likely suffice. Unverified source (2023)

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  Anthropic

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  we propose that AI developers pre-register large training runs [...] within their home country’s government [...] plausible bar for now would be 10^26 FLOP or higher. Unverified source (2023)

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  Joe Biden

  U.S. president, former senator

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  submit a report to the Secretary of Commerce [...] requires a quantity of computing power greater than 10^{26} integer or floating-point operations. Unverified source (2023)

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  Mayer Brown

  International law firm

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  According to the proposed rule, a covered US person will be required to provide quarterly reports to BIS if the US person “engages in, or plans, within six months, to engage in ‘applicable activities.’” “Applicable activities” include: “Conducting a... more Unverified source (2024)

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  Arnold & Porter

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  On September 11, 2024, the Department of Commerce (DOC), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a proposed rule that would place an ongoing reporting requirement for entities developing, acquiring, or possessing advanced artificial intelligence... more Unverified source (2024)

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  U.S. Chamber of Commerce (C_TEC)

  Largest U.S. business federation

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  We are concerned that the reporting requirements outlined in the NPRM do not meet an appropriate level of justification for quarterly reporting. Accordingly, we would recommend that reporting only be done on an annual basis. The Chamber is concerned... more Unverified source (2024)

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  Mozilla

  Open-source web nonprofit

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  We appreciate the effort that BIS has invested into developing updated reporting requirements for the development of advanced AI models and computing clusters and its willingness to consult with external stakeholders on how to best implement and upda... more Unverified source (2024)

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  Center for AI Policy (CAIP)

  AI policy nonprofit organization

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  On the 11th of September, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released a proposed rule “Establishment of Reporting Requirements for the Development of Advanced Artificial Intelligence Models and Computing Clusters”. In line with Executive Order... more Unverified source (2024)

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