Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI have established the Frontier Model Forum, with goals to set AI safety standards, evaluate frontier models, and ensure responsible development. Chris Meserole, the former Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative at the Brookings Institution, has been appointed as the Executive Director. The Forum aims to advance AI safety research, identify best practices, share knowledge, and support the use of AI in addressing societal challenges. The $10 million AI Safety Fund will fund the initiative. Despite the absence of Meta, the Forum may still have enough influence to establish widely adopted AI standards. However, achieving consensus on issues like training data and risks associated with open-source models may prove challenging.
Big Tech AI Companies Launch $10 Million AI Safety Fund
Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI have come together to establish the Frontier Model Forum with the goal of setting AI safety standards and evaluating frontier models for responsible development. To support this initiative, they have committed $10 million to an AI Safety Fund.
Meet the Executive Director
Chris Meserole, the former Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative at the Brookings Institution, has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Frontier Model Forum. With his solid AI credentials, Meserole aims to ensure the safe development and evaluation of powerful AI models.
Mission of the Forum
The Frontier Model Forum aims to:
- Advance AI safety research for responsible development
- Identify safety best practices for frontier models
- Share knowledge with policymakers, academics, and civil society
- Support efforts to address society’s challenges using AI
The AI Safety Fund
The AI Safety Fund was established to financially support the Frontier Model Forum. Contributions from Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and other philanthropists amount to an initial fund of $10 million. The fund will promote independent research to test and evaluate the most capable AI models.
We are launching a new AI Safety Fund, with a commitment of over $10 million from Google, AnthropicAI, Microsoft, and OpenAI. This fund will advance independent research to evaluate AI models. – Google DeepMind
Collaboration and Standards
Collaboration across sectors is a key objective of the Frontier Model Forum. While Meta is notably absent from the group, there is still significant support to establish AI standards that could be widely adopted.
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