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Bipartisan Senate bill would establish an AI safety office in Commerce
Five lawmakers from the Senate Commerce Committee introduced legislation to establish national security standards for frontier developers.
Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Angus King, I-Maine., Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H. — would also set reporting requirements and guidelines for frontier developers to prioritize national security implications of AI. Romney said in the release that he and his colleagues on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee “have spent the last several months turning our framework into bipartisan legislation that would preserve America’s competitive edge in AI while also ensuring the most advanced models do not pose unchecked chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or cyber risks.” Frontier AI model developers, meanwhile, would be offered assistance from the Commerce office to identify best practices for red-teaming against chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or cyber risks.
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