Raimondo Announces AI Safety Institute Leadership
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Wednesday announced leaders of the AI Safety Institute. The National Institute for Standards and Technology established the AISI as directed by President Joe Biden in his AI executive order. Elizabeth Kelly, White House National Economic…
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Council special assistant to the president for economic policy, will serve as AISI's director. Chief technology officer is Elham Tabassi, a senior research scientist at NIST. They “will provide the direction and expertise we need to mitigate the risks that come with the development of this generation-defining technology, so that we can harness its potential,” Raimondo said. Raimondo is scheduled to announce members of AISI’s AI Safety Institute Consortium on Thursday. Composed of AI creators, AI users, academics, researchers and civil society organizations, AISIC will support “development and deployment of safe and trustworthy artificial intelligence,” the department said.