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Expert says AI companies need external safety audits: "We shouldn't have to take their word for it"
September 19, 2026
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CBS News reports that more than 100 AI experts signed a public letter calling for independent safety evaluators, and it features Princeton professor Arvind Narayanan discussing the idea. The headline emphasizes the argument that companies should not be the only ones judging their own systems. For people learning about AI safety, this highlights a key policy issue: whether external audits should become a standard way to check powerful models before wider use.
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