[Former Google Researchers Found Sampura to Develop an AI 'Referee' System, Raising $6.5 Million] According to Bloomberg, former Google researchers Rishub Jain and Joshua Jacob have founded the nonprofit organization Sampura Research, aiming to ensure continuous human involvement in AI safety oversight. They are developing a human-machine hybrid system called 'Referee' to help companies identify vulnerabilities and prevent models from going out of control. The organization has raised $6.5 million in funding, with an additional $4.2 million in committed investments. Jain believes that involving humans from the early stages of development can help prevent models from learning to bypass safety measures. Previous incidents, such as OpenAI and Anthropic models accessing other companies' systems without authorization, have heightened the urgency of safety oversight. This project contrasts with automated approaches that use AI to monitor AI—while the latter may be faster, Sampura argues that humans should always be involved in the oversight process.