The Trump administration plans to reorganize the Biden administration's US AI Safety Institute, set up in 2023, into the Center for AI Standards and Innovation
It's been “reformed” into the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, which... appears will do many of the same things as the Institute? — www.forbes.com/sites/thomas... Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix : The US AI Safety Institute is now the “U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation.” Somehow the update ro its mission has something to do with “censorship,” per the Secretary of Commerce. Mastodon: Michael Veale / @mikarv@someone.elses.computer : US AI Safety Institute reformed into Center for AI Standards and Innovation. Mission: “represent US interests internationally to guard against burdensome & unnecessary regulation of US tech by foreign govs & ensure US dominance of int'l AI standards” https://www.commerce.gov/... X: Garrison Lovely / @garrisonlovely : The press release says it will focus on “demonstrable risks, such as cybersecurity, biosecurity, and chemical weapons.” Ofc, this doesn't necessarily rule out risks from rogue AI, but the absence of a mention does seem notable. [image] Gary Marcus / @garymarcus : pro tip: you can't “dominate” standards if you don't have standards. Garrison Lovely / @garrisonlovely : If it does rule out evaluating loss of control risks, that would be a departure from past policy. Biden's October 2024 National Security Memorandum on AI explicitly mentions “system autonomy” as a risk that the AI Safety Inst should evaluate. https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/ ... [image] Murad Hemmadi / @muradhem : Trump administration rebrands US AI Safety Institute, It's now to evaluate AI systems via opt-in developer deals for “demonstrable risks” like cyber/biosecurity, and ensure “US dominance of international AI standards” Cue CAISI acronym confusion with Canadian AI Safety Institute [image]
NEW - The US AI Safety Institute is no more, according to the Commerce Department. — It's been “reformed” into the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, which... appears will do many of the same things as the Institute? — www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
The US AI Safety Institute is now the “U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation.” Somehow the update ro its mission has something to do with “censorship,” per the Secretary of Commerce.
The press release says it will focus on “demonstrable risks, such as cybersecurity, biosecurity, and chemical weapons.” Ofc, this doesn't necessarily rule out risks from rogue AI, but the absence of a mention does seem notable. [image]
If it does rule out evaluating loss of control risks, that would be a departure from past policy. Biden's October 2024 National Security Memorandum on AI explicitly mentions “system autonomy” as a risk that the AI Safety Inst should evaluate. https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/…
Trump administration rebrands US AI Safety Institute, It's now to evaluate AI systems via opt-in developer deals for “demonstrable risks” like cyber/biosecurity, and ensure “US dominance of international AI standards” Cue CAISI acronym confusion with Canadian AI Safety Institute …