After U.S. President Biden signed the first executive order on artificial intelligence regulation in October this year, the Biden administration said on Tuesday Eastern Time that it is taking the first step to write key standards and guidance for the safe deployment of generative artificial intelligence and how to test and protect systems.
At the end of October this year, US President Biden signed a "landmark" executive order, launching the White House's first regulatory regulations on generative artificial intelligence. According to the executive order, multiple U.S. government agencies are required to develop standards to prevent chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and cybersecurity risks caused by artificial intelligence.
On Tuesday Eastern Time, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) said it would solicit opinions from artificial intelligence companies and the public before February 2 to conduct critical AI testing that is critical to ensuring the security of artificial intelligence systems.
NIST claims that they are developing guidelines for evaluating and testing artificial intelligence, promoting the development of artificial intelligence industry standards, and providing a testing environment for evaluating artificial intelligence systems.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said NIST’s latest initiative was prompted by Biden’s October executive order to develop “industry standards around the safety, security, and trust of artificial intelligence so that the United States can continue to lead the world in the responsible development and use of this rapidly evolving technology.”
The testing guidance NIST is developing includes so-called "red team" testing - NIST will consider where "red team" testing is most beneficial to artificial intelligence risk assessment and management and develop best practices for this purpose.
"Red team" testing is an important testing step in network security testing. It refers to the simulation of real-world adversaries by a team of experts to test and enhance the security of the system.
In August this year, the United States publicly conducted an artificial intelligence "red team" testing activity for the first time during a major cybersecurity conference. The event is mainly participated by AI industry organizations AIVillage, SeedAI, Humane Intelligence, etc.
The White House said that at the August event, thousands of participants tested whether they "could cause these systems to produce unwanted outputs or otherwise fail, with the goal of better understanding the risks posed by these systems." The event “demonstrated how external red teams can be an effective tool for identifying new AI risks.”