Commerce Secretary Releases AI Safety Strategy, Announces Plan for Global Cooperation
Summary
On May 21, 2024, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo released a strategic vision for the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (USAISI), which outlines the steps that the USAISI plans to take to advance AI safety and responsible innovation. The USAISI will conduct testing of advanced models to assess potential and emerging risks, develop evaluation guidelines and perform and coordinate technical research. Secretary Raimondo also announced that the USAISI will help launch a global scientific network for AI safety through engagement with AI Safety Institutes around the world. To further collaboration, AISI intends to convene a meeting of international Safety Institutes later this year in the San Francisco area.
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