White House: Developers of 'powerful AI systems' now have to report safety test results to government

The White House says "developers of the most powerful AI systems" will now have to report AI safety test results to the Department of Commerce in the wake of an executive order issued by President Biden aimed at "managing the risks" of the technology. The news comes as Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed is convening the White House AI Council on Monday, consisting of "top officials from a wide range of federal departments and agencies" who have reported completing 90-day actions and advancing other directives tasked by the order Biden signed last October, according to the White House. Among those actions was that they "[u]sed Defense Production Act authorities to compel developers of the most powerful AI systems to report vital information, especially AI safety test results, to the Department of Commerce," the White House said. "These companies now must share this information on the most powerful AI systems, and they must likewise report large computing clusters able to train these systems," the White House added. The White House announced Monday that companies that are working on the "most powerful AI systems" must now report "AI safety test results" to the Department of Commerce.