US To Introduce Uniform Safety Tests For AI Companies For National Security

The Biden administration is going to begin enforcing a new rule requiring companies creating significant AI systems to notify the government of the outcomes of their safety testing. Monday’s meeting of the White House AI Council is slated to discuss the status of the executive order that President Joe Biden signed three months ago, which aims to regulate the rapidly advancing technology.

AI companies to share vital info with Commerce Department

The order’s primary 90-day objective was to require AI companies to share critical data, such as safety testing, with the Commerce Department in accordance with the Defence Production Act. The government wants “to know AI systems are safe before they’re released to the public—the president has been very clear that companies need to meet that bar,” according to Ben Buchanan, the White House’s special adviser on artificial intelligence, who made this statement in an interview.

Though businesses are not yet required to adhere to a common standard for the tests, software companies have committed to a set of categories for the safety tests. As part of the order that Biden signed in October, the government’s National Institute of Standards and Technology will create a standard framework for evaluating safety.

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AI to be regulated across US

Because of the investments and uncertainties associated with the introduction of new AI tools like ChatGPT, which can produce text, images, and sounds, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a top economic and national security concern for the federal government. In addition, the Biden administration is considering legislation from Congress and is collaborating with other nations and the European Union to develop technology management guidelines.

A draft rule on US cloud companies that supply servers to foreign AI developers has been developed by the Commerce Department. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in vital national infrastructure, like the electrical grid, has been the subject of risk assessments from nine federal agencies, including the departments of Defense, Transportation, Treasury, and Health and Human Services.

The government also has scaled up the hiring of AI experts and data scientists at federal agencies. “We know that AI has transformative effects and potential,” Buchanan said. “We’re not trying to upend the apple cart there, but we are trying to make sure the regulators are prepared to manage this technology.”