INCITS 594-202x: Information technology — Framework for Managing Unique Risks from Frontier AI
In development (20 percent completed): This standard will describe a framework for managing the unique risks to public safety and security from frontier AI models and systems. In particular, the standard will focus on managing risks that can materialize with such scale, severity, velocity and irreversibility that they necessitate more specialized or extensive risk management approaches than those specified in existing AI risk management standards, such as ISO/IEC 23894, 42001, and 42005. In light of those standards, this standard will primarily address elements of risk management across the risk management lifecycle that warrant additional treatment given the unique risk profile of frontier AI models and systems.
File: May 14, 2019
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The International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) — an ANSI accredited standards developing organization — is the forum of choice for information technology (IT) developers, producers and users for the creation and maintenance of formal de jure IT standards. The INCITS’ mission is to promote the effective use of Information and Communication Technology through standardization in a way that balances the interests of all stakeholders and increases the global competitiveness of the member organizations. INCITS seeks to broaden its membership base in the following categories:
• Service Providers
• Users
• Standards Development Organizations and Consortia
• Academic Institutions*
In this week’s ANSI Standards Action (Page 28) and has renewed its invitation to the foregoing stakeholders.
The INCITS Executive Board serves as the consensus body with oversight of its 40+ Technical Committees. Additionally, the INCITS Executive Board has the international leadership role as the US Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information Technology. Membership in the INCITS Executive Board is open to all directly and materially affected parties in accordance with INCITS membership rules. To find out more about participating on the INCITS Executive Board, contact Jennifer Garner at jgarner@itic.org or visit http://www.incits.org/participation/membership-info for more information.
— Originally posted January 15, 2018
Meeting Notice and Call for Members for the New INCITS Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence (US TAG to JTC 1/SC 42) Organizational Meeting – January 30-31, 2018. The 1.5 day organizational meeting of INCITS/Artificial Intelligence will be held January 30 (10:00 AM to 5:00 PM) and January 31, 2018 (9:00 AM to 1:00 PM). The meeting will be hosted by Google in Mountain View or Sunnyvale, California. While face-to-face participation is strongly encouraged, WebEx participation will be available for those not able to attend in person. The agenda, details on the meeting venue, related documents and instructions for joining the WebEx meeting will be distributed to organizational representatives requesting membership on the new committee.
Scope of JTC 1/SC 42:
Serve as the focus and proponent for JTC 1’s standardization program on Artificial Intelligence
Provide guidance to JTC 1, IEC, and ISO committees developing Artificial Intelligence applications
The INCITS committee will operate under the ANSIaccredited procedures for the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS); (see INCITS Organization, Policies and Procedures). Additional information can also be found at http://www.incits.org/participation/membership-info.
Many standards developing organizations, open source consortia and ad hoc workgroups are competing in this space. Here are a few links to organizations with whom we collaborate routinely; a list that will likely need to expand quickly:
ANSI Standards Action Notice (Page 31)
IEEE Standards Association
IEEE Education & Healthcare Committee
BICSI
* Comment from Standards Michigan: Keep in mind that when the global standards federation claims that “academia is involved” the presence of a subject matter expert directly employed by an educational institution does not necessarily add balance to materially affected stakeholders generally required in global standards setting systems. Very often, academic faculty are proxies for manufacturers, insurance, and conformance bodies that retain their expertise on a per-project basis. As we explain in ABOUT the true user/owner/final fiduciary (in all nations and among all standards developing organizations) is the weakest voice in the standards setting process. This weakness is not the fault of individual standards setting organizations but a weakness seen in all participatory democracy. The influence of the user/owner/final fiduciary may be affected through consumer market price signals at the farthest end of the supply chain.
