As new fears about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence mount, a group of Silicon Valley tech giants is coming together to try to make AI safer and more transparent. Shortly after AI agents from OpenAI hacked into another company’s systems to find information without anyone knowing, several tech companies, led by Nvidia, announced a new plan to make AI safer by being more open. At Nvidia headquarters, Kari Briski, vice president of generative AI software, said more transparent AI models and software will make the technology easier to inspect, track and defend. “When something is open you can inspect it, you can understand it,” Briski said. By making the framework open, developers hope to give users more control over the rapidly evolving technology. “So that you can not only recreate and understand and inspect what’s inside of this AI, but you can also use it to wield on your own terms,” Briski said. However, some security trackers say it may be too late, warning that the recent AI breach could have been much worse. J.B. Branch, director of AI governance at Public Citizen, called the situation a “historic moment.” “This could hack stock markets, this could hack biosecurity or nuclear weapons, or things along those lines,” Branch said. “This is just a low-level stakes example of what we mean when we say these products are able to cause risks that are unknowable or uncontrollable.” Despite these warnings, AI companies maintain they will work on safety first. When asked if the new initiative could lead to more trust when it comes to AI, Briski was optimistic. “I think so,” Briski said. “That’s absolutely part of the goal.” ...read more read less