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Inside Europe's lessons on AI safety as U.S. rules loom
Europe and the United Kingdom are fine-tuning their approach to AI model testing as a deadline looms for the U.S. government to set rules of the road.
TL;DR
- The U.S. government is set to release its voluntary AI framework by August 1.
- The EU and UK have a more established approach to AI safety testing, built over several years.
- European lessons include starting with specific threat scenarios and tying AI model benchmarking to these scenarios.
- The EU emphasizes multiple, independent verifications for AI safety, unlike the U.S.'s reliance on internal or industry standards.
- The EU seeks buy-in from the scientific community, grounding risk thresholds in peer-reviewed science.
- There's a movement of technical experts from government to the private sector, particularly in the U.S. and UK.