Commerce announces AI research consortium emphasizing measurement and testing

The Commerce Department has announced the appointment of hundreds of members representing a broad swath of the economy to an artificial intelligence research consortium that will support the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s AI Safety Institute established under President Biden’s AI executive order.

The consortium will bring the private-sector perspective of a wide-range of businesses and groups representing finance, health care, cybersecurity and advanced technologies to assist in developing standards for testing and measuring the safety and security of...