AI Reports · GovAI (Oxford) · 2026-10-17 · Blog / commentary
Political Science and International Relations Safety-Performance Tradeoff Model Web App December 2022 GovAI Blog Robert Trager, Paolo Bova, Allan Dafoe, Nicholas Emery and Eoghan Stafford This web app

This interactive web app explores the dynamics of risky AI competition through the safety-performance tradeoff (SPT) model. It asks whether AI safety breakthroughs will always lead to safer systems, even when everyone knows how to make their systems safer. The tool lets users examine why deployed AI systems may remain as risky as they were before a breakthrough.