US government expands vetting of frontier AI models for security risks

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The Commerce Department’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation will conduct safety testing of new AI systems before they are released publicly.

“Independent, rigorous measurement science is essential to understanding frontier AI and its national security implications,” CAISI Director Chris Fall said in a statement. | Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP via Getty Images

Top artificial intelligence firms Microsoft, xAI and Google DeepMind have inked deals with the Commerce Department that will allow the government to vet their AI models for national security risks ahead of release.

The Center for AI Standards and Innovation, an office within the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology, announced Tuesday that it will conduct pre-deployment evaluations and “targeted research” on AI models developed by the companies.