NIST Launches ARIA Program to Assess AI Risks
Summary
On May 28, 2024, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) launched a new testing, evaluation, validation and verification (TEVV) program to help improve understanding of AI’s capabilities and impacts. Assessing Risks and Impacts of AI (ARIA) aims to help organizations and individuals determine whether a given AI technology will be reliable and safe once deployed. ARIA will help develop a new set of methodologies and metrics for quantifying how well a system maintains safe functionality within societal contexts.
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