Top names including OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Apple and Amazon join Biden on the AI ​​security team

Four months after issuing an executive order requiring artificial intelligence to be developed and used safely, the Biden administration today announced the launch of the US AI Safety Institute Consortium (AICC). The new alliance consists of more than 200 representatives, including top AI competitors Amazon, Google, Apple, Anthropic, Microsoft, OpenAI and NVIDIA.

The consortium brings together AI developers, academics, government and industry researchers, civil society organizations and users to develop and deploy “safe and reliable artificial intelligence”.

“President Biden has ordered us to pull back every regulation to achieve two key goals: to establish safety standards and protect our innovation ecosystem,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a statement. That's what the US AI Safety Institute Consortium was formed to help us understand.

She explained that the alliance will be based on US President Biden's executive order signed in October. That order includes developing guidelines for evaluating AI models, risk management, safety and security, and implementing watermarks on AI-generated content.

“We're going to make sure America is at the forefront,” Raimondo said. “We will work together with leaders from industry, civil society and academia to develop the metrics and standards we need to meet these challenges.” America's Competitive Edge and Responsible Development of AI.

Joining the coalition are representatives from the healthcare, academic, labor and banking sectors including JP Morgan, Citigroup, Carnegie Mellon University, Bank of America, Ohio State University and the Georgia Tech Research Institute, as well as state and local government representatives.

International partners are also expected to cooperate.

“The consortium represents the largest testing and evaluation group ever established and focuses on establishing the foundations for new measurement science in AI security,” the Commerce Department said. “The coalition… works with organizations from like-minded countries around the world who have a key role to play in developing mutually supportive and effective tools.”

The list of participating companies is very extensive, it may be more useful to know which companies did not join. Among the top ten tech companies not represented are Tesla, Oracle and Broadcom. TSMC is also not listed but is not a US based company.

The rapid spread of generative AI tools into the mainstream has led to countless abuses and the proliferation of AI-generated deep lies online. World leaders – President Biden and former President Donald Trump – have been the target of many of these fake images. On Thursday, the US Federal Communications Commission announced that AI-generated robocalls using deeply fake voices are illegal in the United States.

“The increase in these types of calls has increased over the past few years as this technology now has the potential to mimic the voices of celebrities, political candidates and even close family members to confuse users with false information,” the FCC said.

Since the launch of GPT-4 early last year, world leaders have been grappling with how to buy into AI development. Last May, the Biden administration met with several AI and technology companies, many of which are now part of the coalition. OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Anthropic, Hugging Face, IBM, Stability AI, Amazon, Meta and Inflection are all committed to developing AI responsibly.

“None of us can achieve AI on our own,” said Kent Walker, Google's president of global affairs. “We are pleased to join other leading AI companies in approving these commitments, and pledge to continue working together to share information and best practices.”

Edited by Ryan Ozawa.