US AI Safety Institute will be ‘gutted,’ Axios reports
Sources at NIST are preparing for mass firings that would severely undermine the AI regulator. Here’s what that means.
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Sources: NIST plans to cut 497 people, including 74 postdocs and most staff at its Chips for America program; the AI Safety Institute faces an uncertain future (Axios)
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Sources: NIST plans to cut 497 people, including 74 postdocs and most staff at its Chips for America program; the AI Safety Institute faces an uncertain future — Exit Content Preview … – The cuts come at a time when th…