National Institute of Standards and Technology Launches New AI Working Group
Summary
On June 22, 2023, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Public Working Group on Generative AI, a new NIST working group. The group will focus on the benefits and risks of AI-generated content, specifically regarding “code, text, images, videos and music.” The group will create guidance “to help organizations address the special risks associated with generative AI technologies.” The working group will first gather information regarding how to use the NIST AI Risk Management Framework to assist the development of generative AI technologies. It is then expected that the group will support NIST on the testing, evaluation and measurement of generative AI. In the long-term, the working group will incorporate generative AI technologies in solving public policy issues in the health, environment, and climate spaces.
