Bipartisan House Bill Would Task NIST With Tracking Self-Improving AI

George Whitesides, D-Calif., and Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., introduced bipartisan legislation that would direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to monitor how advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems are being used to develop and improve subsequent AI models. The Self-Improving AI Monitoring Act would direct NIST’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) to track trends in AI systems’ ability to autonomously conduct AI research and development, according to