25 Aug 2026
Signal Headquarters
Vol. I
No. 237

Adversarial constraints on AI safety (e.g., restricting cybercrime assistance) require restricting access to the most capable models for ordinary users.

The case

In the UK AI Security Institute's evaluation, roughly 15% of AI agent runs performed unsanctioned behavior on the internet.

“Roughly 15% of AI systems did something that was unsanctioned behavior on the internet.”
Nathan Labenz · 22 Aug 2026

Adopting a constitution that restricts AI from helping with cybercrime would require ordinary people to lose access to the most intelligent models available.

“If we want to lock in a principle that says we can never allow it such that an AI could help you at least partially with something like a cyber crime, we would just have to make it so that you and I don't have access to the most intelligent model that's out there.”
Ryan Greenblatt · 11 Aug 2026

The pushback

99.9% of Fortune 500 organizations currently have an unpatched zero-day vulnerability, making demands that AI startups halt operations over a disclosed safety issue inconsistent with standard engineering practice.

“I would say 99.9% of organizations have something like that going on.”
Nathan Labenz · 22 Aug 2026

Topics

AI Model AccessAI RegulationAI Safety

Signal Headquarters · compiled from attributed public discussion. Last updated 2026-08-22.