Thread of my quick reactions to the AI ​​executive order:
(the full text doesn’t seem to have been published yet, so it’s based on the fact sheet for now, but maybe I’ll add more thoughts later once it’s all finished)
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
1) I’m glad to see that the first point is exactly what we recorded in a recent blog post: requiring companies to share information about so-called “frontier AI” systems. Curious how they are defining which models count.
More context in our post from last week:
cset.georgetown.edu/article/regula…
2) NIST is tasked with developing “standards, tools, and tests” for safe/secure/trusted AI. This is great, I love it, and also, where are they going to get the money and the people?
(This would be a great place for a running Congress to step in and back it up with $)