Biden-Harris Launches NIST Public Working Group for AI

U.S. agency will launch a public working group on generative artificial intelligence (AI) to help address the new technology’s opportunities while developing guidance to confront its risks, the Commerce Department said on Thursday.

“This new group is especially timely considering the unprecedented speed, scale and potential impact of generative AI and its potential to revolutionize many industries and society more broadly,” NIST Director Laurie Locascio said.

The Generative AI Community Working Group will help address the challenges and opportunities associated with AI that can generate content such as code, text, images, videos and music. The community working group will also help NIST develop key recommendations to help organizations address the specific risks associated with generative AI technologies.

“This new group is especially timely considering the unprecedented speed, scale and potential impact of generative AI and its potential to revolutionize many industries and society more broadly,” said Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director Laurie E. Locascio. “We want to identify and develop tools to better understand and manage those risks, and we hope to attract broad participation in this new group.”