Perhaps it is worth stating that if the AI labs cannot organize what is essentially a fancier friend hang (a gathering of the top minds, representatives from all the labs + research institutions like METR + federal agencies, multiple days/weeks, a review of the recent cyber incidents, review of threats including cyberwarfare/biological warfare/electric grid interference, the beginnings of an action plan), then we should not trust them to do whatever comes after that. Get the best celebrity wedding planner in DC, pick a date, and figure this out. I can’t read another tweet from a well-meaning researcher saying “we have to get together and talk”. Ok then. Pick a date. 11-11 sounds good. It’s a Wednesday. And it’s the same for both the US and Europe, so there will be no confusion, even better. It emphasizes there is one shot to getting this right.