DeepMind identifies ML R&D capability as a distinct risk domain on the grounds that models with such capability could enable the proliferation of other critical-capability models or drive rapid, unmanageable escalation of AI capabilities.

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  “For machine learning R&D, the focus is on whether models with such capabilities would enable the spread of models with other critical capabilities, or enable rapid and unmanageable escalation of AI capabilities.”