Maria Cantwell and Mike Rounds want a coordinated White House response to AI security risks. Their October 13 letter is addressed to Jay Clayton and Michael Kratsios.
They call on NIST and CAISSI to develop measurable standards covering secure training and testing environments, backed by more expertise and resources.
Independent testing should extend beyond developer labs to federal facilities, universities and other qualified evaluators. A third priority is wider access to defensive AI.
These are requests from the senators; their letter and release do not establish implementation by the recipients. CyberScoop reported the development on October 14.