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AP: staff at the federal AI safety center now report to the White House

According to AP (11/08), staff at CAISSI (Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence), the Commerce Department division that assesses the safety of new AI systems, were told to report informally to a White House office, according to two former government officials. The center has had no permanent director since the last one left, has stopped publishing its test reports and has a budget of US$ 10 million a year, about one-eighth of its UK counterpart. The White House did not answer questions about CAISSI.