AISN #46: The Transition

<p> Plus, Humanity's Last Exam, and the AI Safety, Ethics, and Society Course.</p> <p> Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.</p><p><strong> The Transition</strong></p><p> The transition from the Biden to Trump administrations saw a flurry of executive activity on AI policy, with Biden signing several last-minute executive orders and Trump revoking Biden's 2023 executive order on AI risk. In this story, we review the state of play.</p><picture></picture><p> Trump signing first-day executive orders. Source.</p><p> The AI Diffusion Framework. The final weeks of the Biden Administration saw three major actions related to AI policy. First, the Bureau of Industry and Security released its Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion, which updates the US’ AI-related export controls. The rule establishes three tiers of countries 1) US allies, 2) most other countries, and 3) arms-embargoed countries.</p><ol> <li> <p> Companies headquartered in tier-1 countries can freely deploy AI chips in other [...]</p></li></ol> <p>---</p><p><strong>Outline:</strong></p><p>(00:16) The Transition</p><p>(04:38) CAIS and Scale AI Introduce Humanitys Last Exam</p><p>(08:03) AI Safety, Ethics, and Society Course</p><p>(09:21) Links</p> <p>---</p> <p><b>First published:</b><br/> January 23rd, 2025 </p> <p><b>Source:</b><br/> <a href="https://newsletter.safe.ai/p/ai-safety-newsletter-46-the-transition?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Source+URL+in+episode+description&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://newsletter.safe.ai/p/ai-safety-newsletter-46-the-transition</a> </p> <p>---</p> <p>Want more? 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