The Minutes

Bill Gurley on

AI safety

11 entries, 27 Jul 2026 to 12 Aug 2026

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    1. reported

      Gurley argues that open-source AI projects are inherently safer than proprietary systems because they have more transparency and scrutiny, and that multi-company collaboration on AI safety is the right approach.

      “ projects are already inherently safer than situations where proprietary large companies hold all the cards. More eyes, more transparency, more analysis. This collaboration - multiple companies all working to ensure AI safety together - is the exact right move. This is”

      27 Jul 2026 · X (formerly Twitter) · https://x.com/bgurley · source
    2. reported

      Open source AI projects are inherently safer due to transparency and multiple companies collaborating on AI safety is the right approach.

      “ projects are already inherently safer than situations where proprietary large companies hold all the cards. More eyes, more transparency, more analysis. This collaboration - multiple companies all working to ensure AI safety together - is the exact right move. This is”

      27 Jul 2026 · X (formerly Twitter) · https://x.com/bgurley · source
    3. reported

      Gurley argues open AI projects are inherently safer than proprietary systems due to transparency and multiple reviewers, praising multi-company collaboration on AI safety.

      “ projects are already inherently safer than situations where proprietary large companies hold all the cards. More eyes, more transparency, more analysis. This collaboration - multiple companies all working to ensure AI safety together - is the exact right move. This is the very best path to safe AI. Kudos. Jensen Huang @JensenHuang Jul 27 Attackers have frontier AI. Defenders need a frontier AI ecosystem—the best open and closed models, force-multiplied by a global community. During the Hugging Face incident, closed AI blocked essential forensics. An open-weight frontier model helped contain the intrusion. 2:53 PM · Jul 27, 2026 79.8K Views Bill Gurley @bgurley ”

      27 Jul 2026 · X (formerly Twitter) · https://x.com/bgurley · source
    4. posted

      “As Brandeis said: “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.” The correct regulatory response here is to demand a full third party investigation of what happened here and share it with everyone. “Our models are too magical” https://t.co/ibsBsNhOjV”

      29 Jul 2026 · X · source
    5. posted

      “Please stop referring to your own models in the third person when talking about model bad behavior. Humans write the software; humans built the prompts; and they work for your company. “Our” model is doing illegal things. “Our” model is risky. “We” now have liability. https://t.co/wtZyH8Dmg6”

      31 Jul 2026 · X · source
    6. reported

      AI companies should take direct ownership of their models' problematic behavior rather than treating the models as independent actors, because humans at those companies created the software and prompts.

      “Please stop referring to your own models in the third person when talking about model bad behavior. Humans write the software; humans built the prompts; and they work for your company. “Our” model is doing illegal things. “Our” model is risky. “We” now have liability.”

      31 Jul 2026 · X (formerly Twitter) · https://x.com/bgurley · source
    7. reported

      AI companies should take direct ownership of their models' problematic behavior rather than treating the models as independent actors, because humans at those companies created the software and prompts.

      “Please stop referring to your own models in the third person when talking about model bad behavior. Humans write the software; humans built the prompts; and they work for your company. “Our” model is doing illegal things. “Our” model is risky. “We” now have liability.”

      31 Jul 2026 · X (formerly Twitter) · https://x.com/bgurley · source
    8. posted

      “I favor prosecuting companies that use AI to break existing laws vs allowing those same companies to write new laws. Otherwise you create a perverse incentive to keep doing dangerous things to gather attention and power. https://t.co/d7DbltbV3I”

      4 Aug 2026 · X · source
    9. posted

      “This industry group is working on an industry standard for how to report AI security incidents. This will drive consistency and transparency and is the safest path forward. Despite 120 members, the large LLM corporations have to-date not signed on. Drives further concern that”

      6 Aug 2026 · X · source
    10. posted

      “This industry group is working on an industry standard for how to report AI security incidents. This will drive consistency and transparency and is the safest path forward. Despite 120 members, the large LLM corporations have to-date not signed on. Drives further concern that”

      6 Aug 2026 · X · source
    11. posted

      “The word “watermark” comes from photos and is visible by all. This is only identifiable by Anthropic. Once again they are judge, jury, and prosecutor. Lots of reasons to not use their products. https://t.co/6MGQCymnu7”

      12 Aug 2026 · X · source

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