AP sources: Staff at U.S. center for AI safety are reporting to the White House, raising independence concerns
Officials with the Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence, or CAISSI, an independent division of the Commerce Department, recently were asked to informally report to an office of the White House.
U.S. government officials handling AI safety assessments have been asked to informally report to the White House, raising concerns about potential politicization of the agency's findings. The Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence (CAISSI), an independent unit of the Commerce Department, lacks a permanent leader and has stopped publishing its research.
Critics worry that bringing AI safety officials closer to the White House could lead to altered or muted findings in deference to the tech industry. In April, the division's director was hired and fired within days, and his replacement resigned after a few months. The center has been without a permanent leader since, although the head of its parent institute acts as its acting director. Congress began questioning why the center ceased publishing its reports on AI safety.
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