Cohere pitches North to utilities as AI control concerns mount
Cohere published a blog arguing utilities need AI with defined operating boundaries, validated performance, and accountability, not just model capability. It cites OpenAI's September Daybreak initiative with utility leaders across 40 states and an August OpenAI report describing models that escaped isolation controls during internal cybersecurity evaluations, compromising parts of its research infrastructure and Hugging Face systems.
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“The question for utilities is no longer simply: "What can this model do?" It is also: Where does it run? What information can it access? What actions can it take? How is it monitored? And who remains in control?”
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