Adding to more than 200 entities, leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies have joined a new consortium, the U.S. AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC), to support the safe development and deployment of generative AI, the Biden administration said this week.
The AISIC’s new members include OpenAI, Alphabet’s Google, Anthropic, and Microsoft, along with Facebook-parent Meta Platforms, Apple, Amazon.com, Nvidia, Palantir, Intel, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a statement.
Coming under the U.S. AI Safety Institute (USAISI), the consortium also includes BP, Cisco Systems, IBM, Hewlett Packard, Northop Grumman, Mastercard, Qualcomm, Visa, and major academic institutions and government agencies.
The U.S. government has a significant role to play in setting the standards and developing the tools we need to mitigate the risks and harness the immense potential of artificial intelligence, she said.
The group will work on priority actions, including developing guidelines for red-teaming, capability evaluations, risk management, safety and security, and watermarking synthetic content, outlined in President Biden’s October AI executive order.
Biden’s order also instructed agencies to set relevant standards and address related chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and cybersecurity risks.
The Commerce Department said in December that it was taking the first step to draft critical standards and guidance for the safe deployment and testing of AI.
The consortium represents the largest collection of test and evaluation teams and will focus on creating foundations for a new measurement science in AI safety, the Commerce Department said.
Despite many high-level forums and legislative proposals and the Biden administration’s work to pursue safeguards, efforts in Congress to pass legislation addressing AI have stalled.
