Dive Brief:
- Seven leading AI companies have committed to building secure systems and increasing transparency regarding model behavior, The White House announced Friday.
- Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and ML startup Inflection pledged to submit their systems to testing by independent experts, The White House said. The group of companies will also invest in cybersecurity and insider threat safeguards, prioritize research on AI’s societal risks and publicly report AI systems’ capabilities and limitations.
- The Biden-Harris Administration said it is drafting an executive order and will pursue legislation to promote responsible innovation.
Dive Insight:
As AI has evolved and taken center stage, governments around the world have taken steps to ensure responsible development and implementation of the technology while trying to avoid hindering innovation.
The seven companies committed to conduct internal and external testing of their AI systems before release to guard against cybersecurity risk. This pledge includes investments in cybersecurity safeguards to defend proprietary and unreleased model…
