AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) launched

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This announcement marks a significant U.S. government policy milestone in institutionalizing AI safety; relevant for understanding the regulatory and coordination landscape surrounding frontier AI development as of early 2024.

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The Biden-Harris Administration launched the U.S. AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) in February 2024, bringing together over 200 organizations under NIST to advance AI safety through standardized evaluation, red-teaming, and risk management guidelines. The consortium represents the largest coordinated AI test and evaluation effort assembled to date, with goals spanning measurement science, safety benchmarks, and synthetic content watermarking. It signals a major U.S. government effort to institutionalize AI safety practices across industry, academia, and civil society.

Key Points

•Over 200 member organizations including AI companies, startups, academics, civil society groups, and government agencies joined AISIC at launch.
•Housed under the U.S. AI Safety Institute at NIST, the consortium focuses on measurement science standards and capability evaluations.
•Key workstreams include red-teaming, risk management guidelines, safety and security frameworks, and synthetic content watermarking.
•Aims to develop interoperable AI safety tools compatible with international partners and standards bodies.
•Described as the largest collection of AI test and evaluation teams ever assembled under a single initiative.

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# Biden-Harris Administration Announces First-Ever Consortium Dedicated to AI Safety

### Consortium includes more than 200 leading AI stakeholders and will support the U.S. AI Safety Institute at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

February 8, 2024

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Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the creation of the [U.S. AI Safety Institute](https://www.nist.gov/caisi "Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI)") Consortium (AISIC), which will unite AI creators and users, academics, government and industry researchers, and civil society organizations in support of the development and deployment of safe and trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI). The consortium will be housed under the U.S. AI Safety I

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