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This agency is tasked with keeping AI safe. Its offices are crumbling. | Funding challenges at the National Institute of Standards and Technology could jeopardize the Biden administration AI work

Funding challenges at the National Institute of Standards and Technology could jeopardize the Biden administration’s AI safety plan.

Each year between October and March, low humidity in one lab creates a static charge making it impossible to operate an instrument ensuring companies meet environmental standards for greenhouse gases. To develop the framework, the agency connected with leaders in industry, civil society and other groups, earning a strong reputation among numerous partiesas lawmakers began to grapple with the swiftly evolving technology. “While the administration has been clear that additional resources will be required to fully address all of the issues posed by AI in the long term, NIST has been effectively carrying out its responsibilities under the [executive order] and is prepared to continue to lead on AI-related research and other work,” he said.

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