The British government wants to create a difficult pivot to increase the economy and industry with AI, and as part of that, we are pivotting the institution that was established for a very different purpose a year ago. Today, the Ministry of Science and Technology announced that it will change the AI Safety Research Institute to “AI Security Institute”. (The same first letter: the same URL.) With that, the body focuses on cyber security in the realms such as the risk and prejudice of large language models, and especially strengthening the protection of national security and crime. ”
At the same time, the government also announced anthropic and new partnerships. Although the company’s service was not announced, MOU pointed out that the two people would “explore” using Anthropic’s AI auxiliary Claque in public services. And Anthropic will aim to contribute to working in scientific research and economic modeling. In addition, AI Security Institute will provide tools for evaluating AI functions in the context of identifying security risks.
“AI has the potential to change how the government provides services to citizens,” he said in the statement. “We hope that Anthropic’s AI auxiliary Claude will explore how the British government agencies can help to improve public services and find new ways to provide a more efficient and service for the UK residents to provide more efficient and services. . “
The only company in Munich and Paris, which matches AI activities for a week, is the only company announced today. But it is not the only one to cooperate with the government. All new tools released in January were run by Openai. (At the time, Peter Kyle, a technical secretary of technology, said the government plans to cooperate with various basic AI companies, and that this is human transaction.
The government’s transition to the AI Safety Institute began with many Pangpar a year ago.
It is noteworthy that when the newly established labor government announced a AI-HARAVY plan for change in January, the words “safety”, “damage”, “existential” and “threat” did not appear in the document at all.
It was not a director. The government’s plan is to start investing in more modernized economies using technology. It wants to cooperate closely with Big Tech and want to build a Big Tech that has grown by itself.
To this end, the main messages that are promoting were development, AI and more development. Officials will have their own AI assistant, “Humphrey,” and are recommended to share data in other areas and use AI to accelerate the operation. Consumers will get digital wallets for government documents and chatbots.
Was the AI safety problem solved? Not exactly, but the message seems to be unable to consider at the expense of progress.
The government insisted that the song would remain the same despite the name change.
Kyle said in a statement, “The change we announced today indicates the logical steps of how we approach our responsible AI development. “The work of the AI Security Institute will not change, but this new focus will be protected by those who want to use AI for our institutions, democratic values and ways of life. ‘
Ian Hogarth, the chairman of the Institute, said, “From the beginning, the focus of the institute focuses on security, and we have established a scientist team with a focus on evaluating serious risks to the public. “Intensifying partnerships between the new crime misuse and the national security community are the next step to solve this risk.”
More farther, priorities appear to have changed around the importance of “AI safety”. The biggest risk of the US AI Safety Research Institute will be dismantled. JD Vance, vice president of US vice president, was more than before.
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