⬆️ 1 consequence of this project is that people who were recruited into gov for “tech expertise,” then steeped in the ethos of “policy is bad red tape that can be ‘solved’ by tech,” now call themselves policy experts

it’s like parking lot pavers calling themselves forest experts

For years I’ve been interviewing data annotation workers who are the lifeblood of the AI industry. For years I’ve heard the same story: the platforms they work for wield total power, leaving them precarious & vulnerable to exploitation. A horrible example of this just happened 1/

We are officially accepting applications for our faculty workshops this summer to help faculty bring QIST into their curriculum. WS1 covers intro QIST concepts and some educational modules, WS2 this year will cover quantum machine learning.

We mourn the loss of brilliant physicist, colleague and friend, Sae Woo Nam, who passed away on January 21 after a battle with brain cancer. He was internationally recognized for his work on single photon detectors. Learn more about his lasting legacy: nist.gov/news-events/ne…

Today, 20 of the world’s largest tech platforms & AI companies signed an accord committing to better detect & label AI-generated disinfo posted on their networks to manipulate public opinion during a busy election yr already underway. My thoughts: 1/ aielectionsaccord.com

So… our US AI Safety Institute Consortium is launched! 222 members and more coming. Thrilled to help build the future together. nist.gov/news-events/ne…

This Bono quote is even better than I remembered

Many thanks and very excited to announce that Sloan Foundation and John Templeton Foundation will fund our research on creating macroscopic quantum superposition with magnetically levitated diamonds to probe quantum foundations and nature of quantum gravity

National Institute of Standards and Technology released Guidelines for Evaluating Differential Privacy Guarantees for public comment.
Submit comments by Thursday, January 25, 2024

csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/22…

I am loving this physics hot take arxiv.org/abs/2312.00841

Amazing to see a concept go from oir vague understanding (when Dvir Kafri and I wrote our measure-and-feedback strawman) to a fully covariant family of theories. Credit to ⁦Jonathan Oppenheim⁩ for carrying a heavy torch theguardian.com/science/2023/d…

Two NISTers have been chosen by President Biden for the Presidential Rank Awards, in honor of their relentless commitment to public service:

🌟 Marla Dowell, director of CHIPS R&D Metrology
🌟 Ana María Rey, NIST/JILA fellow

Congratulations to our distinguished staff!

The risks that come with a quantum computing future might seem scary, but we’re getting our encryptions in a row.

Share your feedback on our draft standards by Nov. 22: nist.gov/news-events/ne…

Wow, what a couple of days from the White House on AI policy.

- New EO on AI on housing, health, work
- New AI safety center to provide evaluations and tests *for regulators*
- Procurement requirements
- $200m philanthropic comitment to AI & civil society
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

Happening Now: Join me in London for a speech where I will lay out the Biden-Harris Administration’s historic action on artificial intelligence and our vision for the future of AI. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

It’s official! We’re creating the USAI Safety Institute National Institute of Standards and Technology. Stay tuned for details on how to get engaged. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

AI provides tremendous opportunity, but we also must manage the risks. The President Biden EO directs NIST to develop guidelines & best practices to promote consensus industry standards that help ensure the development & deployment of safe, secure & trustworthy AI. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…