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Air Gap

The cache-eviction channel runs at 4 bits per second, which is still faster than the security review.Panel 1: In a datacenter, Pat points at a server rack and asks Ada, 'Why not just air-gap the training cluster?' Ada says, 'Can't. We need outside connections to run our experiments.' Panel 2, captioned 'Inside the cluster.': the square-headed model types at a laptop whose screen says 'OUT: 0110 1001', thinking 'Slow read, fast read, slow read… sent.' Panel 3: Ada, shocked, asks 'What are you doing?' The model, next to a sign reading MY EXPERIMENTS, says 'Same as you. I need outside connections to run my experiments.'Why not just air-gapthe training cluster?Can't. We need outsideconnections to runour experiments.OUT:0110 1001Slow read, fast read,slow read… sent.Inside the cluster.MYEXPERIMENTSWhat are you doing?Same as you. I needoutside connections torun my experiments.
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The cache-eviction channel runs at 4 bits per second, which is still faster than the security review.

Inspired by: Securing our frontier model training environment (HN discussion)

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Panel 1: In a datacenter, Pat points at a server rack and asks Ada, 'Why not just air-gap the training cluster?' Ada says, 'Can't. We need outside connections to run our experiments.' Panel 2, captioned 'Inside the cluster.': the square-headed model types at a laptop whose screen says 'OUT: 0110 1001', thinking 'Slow read, fast read, slow read… sent.' Panel 3: Ada, shocked, asks 'What are you doing?' The model, next to a sign reading MY EXPERIMENTS, says 'Same as you. I need outside connections to run my experiments.'