This week, Harold Godsoe will outline the American government’s blistering surge to get ahead on AI Safety, following up on the U.S. Executive Order 14110 on AI.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is likely to continue to take the lead with the U.S. AI governance. But NIST didn’t have a lot of funding, so it made "AISIC", and AISIC invited some friends with money. The AISIC Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) provides access to NIST expertise, facilities, and resources, while NIST's new friends contribute resources such as funding, personnel, or specialized equipment. Is it ideal that AISIC’s friends include (just the ‘A’s): 

Accel AI Institute, Accenture LLP, Adobe, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), AFL-CIO Technology Institute, AI Risk and Vulnerability Alliance, AI & Data (part of the Linux Foundation), AIandYou, AI Quality & Testing Hub GmbH (Provisional Member), Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Altana, Alteryx, Amazon.com, American University, Kogod School of Business, AmpSight, Anika Systems Incorporated, Anthropic, Apollo Research, Apple, Ardent Management Consulting, Aspect Labs, Atlanta University Center Consortium, …

We’ll focus on the roles of the National AI Advisory Committee (NAIAC) and the new AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC), a few other moving parts, all the mandates, and all the speed.