US White House AI Task Force Meets to Discuss Cyber Risks and Industry Standards Progress
The US White House AI task force focused on cyber threats, reporting progress on voluntary industry standards and NIST testing.
According to Semafor, the White House’s AI task force convened on Thursday to discuss the “evolving cyber threat environment” and strengthening critical infrastructure against potential attacks. Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, who leads the task force, informed members about the work that tech CEOs who signed the White House AI accord are doing to prepare “a common set of industry standards,” an administration official said.
Clayton also alluded to adding more firms to the accord. Officials including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross gave an update on the pre-release testing of AI models being conducted at the National Institute of Standards & Technology’s (NIST) AI unit.
The task force wants Congress to reauthorize cyber and information-sharing related bills and is still assessing whether it wants to recommend the passage of new bills. Notably, the ongoing Nvidia scandal was not discussed during the meeting, the official said.