Jason Oxman President and Chief Executive Officer at Information Technology Industry Council | Official website
Today, the global tech trade association ITI is urging lawmakers to prioritize authorizing the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI) within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The letter to congressional leaders is signed by ITI, Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI), and a broad coalition of over 45 industry groups, tech companies, and civil society organizations.
“Building trust in AI is a shared responsibility among industry, civil society, and government,” said ITI President and CEO Jason Oxman. “Today, we’re urging Congress to make the AI Safety Institute and the AISI Consortium permanent given its critical role in advancing collaborative research and development, and furthering AI innovation and adoption."
The letter addresses members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as they prepare to consider AI legislation this week.
“The U.S. has a major opportunity to set the tone for the rest of the world when it comes to AI innovation, and we can carve out that global leadership role by leveraging the experience and brainpower of our private and public sector experts,” said ARI President Brad Carson. “Authorizing the AI Safety Institute through law is a smart way to affirmatively bring this range of valuable voices together within the already existing federal framework.”
The AISI is critical to advancing AI safety research including by providing guidelines for evaluating and managing frontier risks, conducting evaluation of advanced AI models, and helping to standardize metrics for advanced AI by leveraging public and private expertise.
Read the full letter here.
