Sept 16 (Reuters) - Microsoft ( MSFT )-backed OpenAI said on

Monday its safety committee will oversee security and safety

processes for the company's artificial intelligence model

development and deployment, as an independent body.

The change follows the committee's own recommendations to

OpenAI's board which were made public for the first time.

OpenAI, the company behind the viral chatbot ChatGPT, formed

its Safety and Security Committee this May to evaluate and

further develop the company's existing safety practices.

The launch of ChatGPT in late 2022 sparked a significant

wave of interest and excitement around AI.

The buzz around ChatGPT highlighted both the opportunities

and challenges of AI, prompting discussions on ethical use and

potential biases.

As part of the committee's recommendations, OpenAI said it

is evaluating the development of an "Information Sharing and

Analysis Center (ISAC) for the AI industry, to enable the

sharing of threat intelligence and cybersecurity information

among entities within the AI sector."

The independent committee will be chaired by Zico Kolter,

professor and director of the machine learning department at

Carnegie Mellon University, who is part of OpenAI's board.

"We are pursuing expanded internal information segmentation,

additional staffing to deepen around-the-clock security

operations teams," according to OpenAI.

The company also said it will work toward becoming more

transparent about the capabilities and risks of its AI models.

Last month, OpenAI signed a deal with the United States

government for research, testing and evaluation of the company's

AI models.