MITRE announces ‘sandbox’ enabling federal agencies to test AI systems

MITRE Corporation expects to have operational by the end of the year a “sandbox” allowing federal agencies to test artificial intelligence systems in response to President Biden’s executive order for safe and secure AI technologies.

The new testing program announced May 7 will be powered by MITRE’s recent purchase of NVIDIA’s supercomputer system DGX SuperPOD, with federal agencies able to access the system under existing contracts with any of the six federally funded research and development centers operated by MITRE....