Staff at the US Center for AI Safety Are Reporting to the White House, Raising Independence Concerns
The move raises concerns that AI safety findings could be politicized as the center, funded at $10 million a year, lacks a permanent leader.
- Officials at the Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence were recently asked to report informally to the White House, according to former government officials.
- The division has struggled with leadership instability, including a director hired and fired within days in April and a $10 million annual budget—one-eighth that of its U.K. counterpart.
- National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton leads President Donald Trump's new "Super Intelligence Force," framing AI safety as a national security matter requiring executive discretion and secrecy.
- Critics worry the arrangement could mute safety findings to benefit the tech industry, as Trump has asked companies to undertake "tremendous self-policing" rather than strict oversight.
- Unlike the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which prescribes national vehicle safety standards, the government lacks a standard process for testing AI agents in real-world environments.
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Staff at the US center for AI safety are reporting to the White House, raising independence concerns - The Boston Globe
The center, which has experienced departures and until recently was called the US Center for AI Standards and Innovation, is allocated $10 million per year.
Staff at the US center for AI safety are reporting to the White House, raising independence concerns – WTOP News
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With public anxiety growing over mounting reports about out-of-control artificial intelligence agents, the tiny U.S. government division charged with assessing the safety of new AI offerings lacks a permanent leader and has stopped publishing its research. Officials with the Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence, or CAISSI, an...
Staff at the US center for AI safety are reporting to the White House, raising independence concerns
The tiny U.S. government division charged with assessing the safety of new artificial intelligence offerings doesn’t have a permanent leader and has stopped publishing its research
In a context of growing public concern over news about out-of-control artificial intelligence agents, the small division of the U.S. government charged with assessing the security of new AI offers lacks a permanent leader and has stopped publishing its investigations.
The federal center that had to assess the risks of artificial intelligence systems operates without a permanent director and stopped publishing reports, while officials would report informally to a White House office. Change fuels fears of politicization and reopens the debate about how much Washington can depend on the self-regulation of technology companies.
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