Elizabeth Kelly, director of the American Institute of Artificial Intelligence Security, recently announced his resignation, which has attracted widespread attention from the outside world about the future development of the agency. As the first director, Kelly actively promoted cooperation and testing in the field of AI security during her tenure, but with her departure, the future direction of the institute became even more unclear.
Elizabeth Kelly, director of the US AI Safety Institute, announced her resignation Wednesday, and she made the announcement on LinkedIn. This decision has made the future direction of the newly formed administration agency under President Trump even more unclear.
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Since taking office last year, Kelly has overseen the institute’s preliminary work to assess and respond to the risks posed by increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems. She has reached partnership agreements with several startups, including OpenAI and Anthropic, allowing the institute to test before the companies release their AI models. In addition, she has collaborated with other AI security agencies around the world to promote common development in the field of AI security.
The American Institute of Artificial Intelligence Security was established during the Biden administration and belongs to the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Since President Trump took office on January 20, he has revoked Biden's executive order on artificial intelligence in 2023, but it is not clear what the new administration's specific plan for the Institute for AI Security is.
"I am confident in the future of the Institute for AI Security and its mission is crucial to the future of AI innovation," Kelly said in his LinkedIn post. However, Kelly failed to respond to reporters' requests for comment in a timely manner, further This has increased the outside world's attention to the future development of the institution.
With Kelly's departure, the Institute of Artificial Intelligence Security faces a vacancies in leadership, and the outside world's attention to its future strategy, goals and development direction has also increased. Against the backdrop of increasing global attention to artificial intelligence technology, how to effectively regulate and safely use AI has become an urgent problem.
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Kelly announced on Wednesday that he resigned as the first director of the American Institute of Artificial Intelligence Security, and the future direction is unknown.
During her tenure, she reached agreements with companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic to promote security testing and cooperation in AI models.
After taking office, the Trump administration revoked its predecessor's executive order on artificial intelligence, and the institute's future development faces uncertainty.
Kelly's resignation undoubtedly casts a shadow on the future of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence Security, especially in the context of unclear policies of the Trump administration, how the agency continues to promote progress in the field of AI security remains to be seen.