The UK AI Safety Institute Launches New AI Safety Platform
Summary
On May 10, 2024, the UK AI Safety Institute announced the launch of ‘Inspect’, an AI safety testing platform. Inspect, which has been made available to the global AI community, is a software library which enables testers to assess specific capabilities of AI models. Testing areas include core knowledge, ability to reason and autonomous capabilities. This marks the first time an AI safety testing platform has been launched by a state-backed body for use by the wider public. Remarking on the launch, Michelle Donelan, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, stated, “This puts UK ingenuity at the heart of the global effort to make AI safe, and cements our position as the world leader in this space.”
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