by ZeroHedge News Staff at ZeroHedge
AI companies OpenAI and Anthropic have agreed to run their new AI models past the US government’s AI Safety Institute to evaluate their ‘capabilities and risks,’ as well as ‘collaborate on methods to mitigate potential issues,’ Bloomberg reports.
“Safety is essential to fueling breakthrough technological innovation,” said Elizabeth Kelley, director of the US AI Safety Institute. “These agreements are just the start, but they are an important milestone as we work to help responsibly steward the future of AI.”
Under agreements announced Thursday by the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in “close collaboration with the UK’s AI Safety Institute,” the government will work to provide feedback on potential safety improvements.
“We strongly support the US AI Safety Institute’s mission and look forward to working together to inform safety best practices and standards for AI models,” said OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon. “We believe the institute has a critical role to play in defining US leadership in responsibly developing artificial intelligence and hope that our work together offers a framework that the rest of the world can build on.”…
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