10:21 AM EDT, 08/29/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Microsoft ( MSFT ) -backed OpenAI and Amazon.com ( AMZN ) and Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL)-backed Anthropic have entered into agreements with the US Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute to collaborate on AI safety research, testing, and evaluation, the US Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology said Thursday.

The "first-of-their-kind" agreements grant the US AI Safety Institute early access to new models from OpenAI and Anthropic, enabling joint research on evaluating and mitigating safety risks, the NIST said.

The US AI Safety Institute, in collaboration with its UK counterpart, will provide safety feedback to Anthropic and OpenAI to support the safe development of AI, aligning with the Biden-Harris administration's policies on AI and voluntary commitments from AI model developers, NIST added.

Neither OpenAI nor Anthropic immediately responded to MT Newswires' requests for comment.

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