NIST’s AI Safety Institute issues draft guidance addressing risks from powerful AI foundation models

The NIST-run U.S. AI Safety Institute has issued draft guidance on managing safety and national security risks associated with “dual-use” artificial intelligence foundation models that were singled out for special attention under President Biden’s Oct. 30 AI executive order.

“AI foundation models are powerful tools that are useful across a broad range of tasks and are sometimes called ‘dual-use’ because of their potential for both benefit and harm. NIST’s U.S. AI Safety Institute has released the initial public draft of...