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Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds apply for AI safety testing
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Four federal agencies have been sued amid calls to release information about the secret framework that the Trump administration uses to conduct safety reviews of frontier AI models before release.
Key facts
- Deana El-Mallawany, director of Impact Programs & Counsel at Protect Democracy, told Ars that “neither Protect Democracy nor Congress has enough information about the GOLD EAGLE program to make
- Then, on August 3, the White House announced that it had completed the voluntary framework for reviewing AI models before their public release
- According to Protect Democracy, the framework could potentially be “corrupt,” with officials from the Office of the National Cyber Director, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Treasury
- In a declaration supporting their complaint, Becker noted that California is mulling a bill, SB 813, that would establish a process where independent organizations would set baselines for AI safety
Summary
In a Wednesday press release announcing the lawsuit, a nonpartisan nonprofit called Protect Democracy alleged that “almost no details” have been released to the public or Congress. “Neither the identities of those entities nor the criteria by which they were selected have been made public,” Protect Democracy said. That’s a problem, Protect Democracy alleged since decisions about “which AI models are approved and released may be the most important policy question of this White House.” And it appears that at least one AI firm, OpenAI, has “negotiated a private agreement with the Federal Government to limit distribution of its cutting-edge AI models to government-vetted partners.” The group’s lawsuit is seeking an order requiring officials to produce all information sought by September 30.