Hard Fork · Friday, August 7, 2026
Kevin and Casey discussed the practical difficulties of the proposed 30-day voluntary testing window for AI models. They raised concerns about companies potentially submitting a less advanced version of a model to pass the review while continuing to work on a more current, unvetted version. They also questioned how companies would manage the development cycle if they had to freeze models for a month, suggesting potential workarounds like submitting 'model A' while using 'model B'.
“What if you find something in those 30 days that you want to patch? Does that mean you have to re-up your 30-day window? Extend it out more?”
“So there's so many questions about what this will actually work in practice that I don't think anyone has fully thought through.”
“Like they're gonna game the system in some weird way because I truly can't imagine companies agreeing to just stop using their best models for a month.”