OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company that amazed the world with its innovations, is forming a new industry body. The target? Promote the safe and responsible development of frontier AI systems. This is an important step, as both governments and industry agree that despite theAI offers enormous promise for the benefit of the worldadequate security measures are required to mitigate the risks.
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft: the three key areas for a secure future of AI
Il Frontier Model Forum (that's the name) will focus on three key areas in the coming year to support the safe and responsible development of frontier AI models. First of all, will identify best practices, promoting knowledge sharing between industry, governments, civil society and academia. Secondly, it will support research on AI security, identifying the most important research questions in this field. In the end, it will facilitate the sharing of information between companies and governments, establishing secure and trusted mechanisms for sharing information related to AI security and risks.
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A shared commitment to a secure future of AI
Numerous industry leaders have expressed their enthusiasm for this initiative. Kent Walker, President of Global Affairs at Google & Alphabet, said: “We are excited to work together with other leading companies, sharing technical expertise to drive responsible innovation in AI. We must all work together to ensure that AI benefits everyone". Also Brad Smith, Vice President & President of Microsoft, underlined the importance of this initiative: “Companies that create AI technology have a responsibility to ensure that it is safe, secure and remains under human control. This initiative is a key step to bring the tech sector together to responsibly advance AI and address challenges in a way that benefits all of humanity".
Anna Kanju, Vice President of Global Affairs at OpenAI, stressed that advanced AI technologies have the potential to bring profound benefits to society. He stated that the realization of this potential it requires oversight and governance. He stressed the importance of AI companies, especially those working on the most powerful models, aligning on common ground and promoting thoughtful and adaptive security practices. This, she said, it will ensure that powerful AI tools have the greatest possible advantage. He stressed that this is urgent work and that the forum is well positioned to act quickly to improve the state of AI security.
