White House Considers Vetting AI Models Before They Are Released 25
The Trump administration is reportedly considering an executive order to create a working group that could review advanced AI models before public release. The shift follows concerns over Anthropic's powerful Mythos model and its cyber capabilities, with officials weighing whether the government should get early access to frontier models without necessarily blocking their release. The New York Times reports: In meetings last week, White House officials told executives from Anthropic, Google and OpenAI about some of those plans, people briefed on the conversations said. The working group is likely to consider a number of oversight approaches, officials said. But a review process could be similar to one being developed in Britain, which has assigned several government bodies to ensure that A.I. models meet certain safety standards, people in the tech industry and the administration said.
The discussions signal a stark reversal in the Trump administration's approach to A.I. Since returning to office last year, Mr. Trump has been a major booster of the technology, which he has said is vital to winning the geopolitical contest against China. Among other moves, he swiftly rolled back a Biden administration regulatory process that asked A.I. developers to perform safety evaluations and report on A.I. models with potential military applications. "We're going to make this industry absolutely the top, because right now it's a beautiful baby that's born," Mr. Trump said of A.I. at an event in July. "We have to grow that baby and let that baby thrive. We can't stop it. We can't stop it with politics. We can't stop it with foolish rules and even stupid rules." Mr. Trump left room for some rules, but he added that "they have to be more brilliant than even the technology itself."
The White House wants to avoid any political repercussions if a devastating A.I.-enabled cyberattack were to occur, people in the tech industry and the administration said. The administration is also evaluating whether new A.I. models could yield cyber-capabilities that could be useful to the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies, they said. To get ahead of models like Mythos, some officials are pushing for a review system that would give the government first access to A.I. models, but that would not block their release, people briefed on the talks said.
The discussions signal a stark reversal in the Trump administration's approach to A.I. Since returning to office last year, Mr. Trump has been a major booster of the technology, which he has said is vital to winning the geopolitical contest against China. Among other moves, he swiftly rolled back a Biden administration regulatory process that asked A.I. developers to perform safety evaluations and report on A.I. models with potential military applications. "We're going to make this industry absolutely the top, because right now it's a beautiful baby that's born," Mr. Trump said of A.I. at an event in July. "We have to grow that baby and let that baby thrive. We can't stop it. We can't stop it with politics. We can't stop it with foolish rules and even stupid rules." Mr. Trump left room for some rules, but he added that "they have to be more brilliant than even the technology itself."
The White House wants to avoid any political repercussions if a devastating A.I.-enabled cyberattack were to occur, people in the tech industry and the administration said. The administration is also evaluating whether new A.I. models could yield cyber-capabilities that could be useful to the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies, they said. To get ahead of models like Mythos, some officials are pushing for a review system that would give the government first access to A.I. models, but that would not block their release, people briefed on the talks said.
Sounds interesting (Score:2)
Come on, Orange lovers! (Score:1)
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A rigorous test plan, no doubt... (Score:3)
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It'd be hilarious if they pulled a Volkswagen [wikipedia.org] and had the AI recognize when it is being vetted, so it provides answers the current administration wants to hear, and then goes super woke after the model is actually deployed.
xAI's Grok wouldn't need to cheat, obviously. That thing is biased so far to the right it makes Fox News almost look sane.
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Horrible Idea (Score:1)
The expertise (Score:3)
Distortion (Score:1)
what (Score:3)
But what if I have a Trump Gold membership such as trumpcard.gov ?
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With what authority? (Score:2)
This is just more solicitation of bribes. The Wall Street journal has a story from months ago about the billions of dollars and pardons Trump has sold. If you are a trump supporter and you aren't currently reading that sentence again and looking up that article so that you can stop being a tru
Until it is classified as the Press (Score:1)
Lawsuit in 3 2 1... (Score:2)
The Trump administration is reportedly considering an executive order
Yet again our idiot-in-chief forgets he is not ruling North Korea or China. If you want to regulate AI (for whatever that is worth), take it up with Congress. At least the lawyers are being kept busy.
On what authority? (Score:2)
I'll wait.
(Executive orders are orders to the executive branch. If you aren't an executive branch employee, they have as much authority over you as a postcard from me does.)
Also a good time to remember that a big part of the anti-Biden case from the techbro money types was how stifling and onerous the "please don't make dangerous robots" guidance was. Bill Ackman upside down in clownshoes on a unicycle, with a kazoo up his ass.
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Communism? (Score:1)
Translated into realpolitics (Score:2)
They will need a hefty fee to approve anything
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Very necessary (Score:2)
But I thought AI didn't work! (Score:2)
Spicy autocomplete indeed.
Chuckle.
AI is real. The implications of this are not priced in.
Is every country subject themselves these US laws? (Score:2)
The top open source models, which are developed primarily in China, are about 6 months behind the top proprietary models developed in the US. I'm sure the Chinese developers will be working very hard to subject themselves to Trump's laws. /s
Meanwhile, the one defense we in the West have against state level attacks using 0-days is to use