A new bipartisan bill introduced by senators on December 19th would create an AI Safety Review Office at the Department of Commerce, led by a White House-appointed Under Secretary of Commerce for AI Safety.
The bipartisan Maintaining America’s Advantage in AI Act would require the new office to work with industry to protect frontier AI models from abuse by foreign adversaries seeking to misuse the technology.
The bill is supported by Sens. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Jack Reed, Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Angus King, I-Main, and Maggie Hassan (D-Main). H.) and was prepared based on the following: Frameworks previously released by the group.
The new office’s mission is to protect U.S. national security from extreme risks such as chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and cyber threats posed by the Frontier Model, a cutting-edge AI model that has yet to be developed. Protecting your insurance will be your priority.
“While AI has the potential to dramatically improve and transform the way we live, it also comes with significant risks to national security. We have to protect it from our adversaries who want to inflict it on us,” said Senator Romney. “My colleagues and I have spent the past several months ensuring that our most advanced models do not pose unchecked chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or cyber risks, while preserving America’s competitive edge in AI. We have worked to transform the framework into bipartisan legislation.”
“We hope our bill will be a starting point for the conversation about what action Congress and the next administration should take to address the extreme risks posed by AI without hampering American innovation,” he added. “
Lawmakers said the bill would create a new bureau under the Commerce Department to work with frontier aluminum companies, large data centers, and infrastructure-as-a-service providers to prevent adversaries from exploiting these industries. He said he would be responsible for preventing exploitation and ensuring pre-deployment. Evaluation of state-of-the-art frontier Al models.
According to the bill, pre-deployment assessments would be similar to those of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CIFUS), an interagency committee that examines the national security impacts of foreign investment in the U.S. economy. That’s what it means.
The senators said the AI Safety Review Office will work closely with the Department of Commerce’s AI Safety Institute, whose mission is to help define and advance AI safety science.
