US And UK To Join Forces In AI Safety Testing
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The US and UK have agreed to work together to develop common testing approaches for AI models, with safety being a key focus.
The signed memorandum of understanding will see the AI safety institutes of the US and the UK work seamlessly" with each other on research, safety evaluations and guidance for AI safety. The institutes will cooperate and share information to develop shared capabilities.
The US Department of Commerce said both countries will align their scientific approaches and create robust suites of evaluations for AI models, in order to deal with the risks associated with this technology.
The two safety institutes plan to perform at least one joint testing exercise on a publicly accessible model, as part of their plans to make a common approach to AI safety testing. These institutes also plan to combine their expertise by exchanging personnel between the two organisations.
The new agreement follows commitments made by the two countries at the AI Safety Summit that took place last November in the UK. The latest agreement was signed by US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo and UK technology secretary Michelle Donelan.
[...] Meanwhile, the EU's long-awaited rules to regulate the growing AI sector were finally approved last month, as the AI Act was officially adopted in a landslide vote.
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