Software industry cites AI safety summit to renew call for urgent congressional action

The Software Information Industry Association is citing this week’s summit of AI safety institutes in San Francisco to urge Congress to quickly authorize the National Institute of Standards of Technology’s AI Safety Institute, warning the incoming Trump administration appears poised to scuttle the international effort for testing the security and safety of artificial intelligence technologies before they are deployed.

NIST hosted the inaugural meeting of the International Network of AI Safety Institutes which was focused on reaching consensus for testing...