3. Other companies are doing far worse in this dimension. At worst Google is 3rd-best in publishing eval results. Meta and xAI are far worse.
Some reasons for focusing Google DeepMind in particular:
The letter was organized by PauseAI UK and signed by UK politicians. GDM is the only frontier AI company headquartered in the UK.
Meta and xAI already have a bad reputation for their safety practices, while GDM had a comparatively good reputation and most people were unaware of their violation of the Frontier AI Safety Commitments.
Some reasons for focusing Google DeepMind in particular:
The letter was organized by PauseAI UK and signed by UK politicians. GDM is the only frontier AI company headquartered in the UK.
Meta and xAI already have a bad reputation for their safety practices, while GDM had a comparatively good reputation and most people were unaware of their violation of the Frontier AI Safety Commitments.