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- A small cadre of elite AI researchers at OpenAI and other leading AI companies is wielding extraordinary influence inside those organizations, challenging executives, shaping policy, and complicating negotiations with Washington.
- The researchers' growing power comes amid an unfolding safety crisis across the AI industry, leaving it an open question who actually controls decision-making at the companies building frontier AI systems.
Why it matters: The researchers' influence means safety decisions at frontier AI companies are being challenged from inside rather than dictated top-down, while a broader safety crisis unfolds and Washington's dealings with the industry grow more complicated.
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