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.
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- •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 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 Institute (USAISI) and will contribute to priority actions outlined in President Biden’s landmark Executive Order, including developing guidelines for red-teaming, capability evaluations, risk management, safety and security, and watermarking synthetic content.
The consortium includes more than 200 member companies and organizations that are on the frontlines of creating and using the most advanced AI systems and hardware, the nation’s largest companies and most innovative startups, civil society and academic teams that are building the foundational understanding of how AI can and will transform our society, and representatives of professions with deep engagement in AI’s use today. The consortium represents the largest collection of test and evaluation teams established to date and will focus on establishing the foundations for a new measurement science in AI safety. The consortium also includes state and local governments, as well as non-profits, and will work with organizations from like-minded nations that have a key role to play in developing interoperable and effective tools for safety around the world.
“AI is moving the world into very new territory. And like every new technology, or every new application of technology, we need to know how to measure its capabilities, its limitations, its impacts. That is why NIST brings together these incre
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