WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 The Biden administration on Wednesday named a top White House aide as the director of the newly established safety institute for artificial intelligence.
Elizabeth Kelly will lead the AI Safety Institute at the 春色直播 Institute for Standards and Technology, which is part of the Commerce Department. Currently an economic policy adviser for President , Kelly played an integral role in drafting the that established the institute, the Commerce Department said in a statement.
In the announcement, Lael Brainard, director of the White House 春色直播 Economic Council, said that Kelly 鈥渟haped the president鈥檚 agenda on tech and financial regulation and worked to build broad coalitions of stakeholders."
The new institute will play a critical role in fostering the development of the technology. By July, it's set to create 鈥渞ed team鈥 testing standards for major AI developers to ensure that the systems are safe for consumers and businesses.
The administration considers the safety tests as necessary to unlock the benefits of the rapidly moving technology, creating a level of trust that will allow for wider adoption of AI.
The federal government recently began . But so far, those tests lack the universal set of standards that the institute plans to finalize this summer.
Kelly is a graduate of Yale Law School who also worked in the Obama White House and at the financial company Capital One, according to her LinkedIn page.
