Standardization Trends on Safety and Trustworthiness Technology for Advanced AI

TL;DR

This paper analyzes international trends in standardization efforts to ensure the safety and trustworthiness of advanced AI systems, highlighting key areas, future directions, and policy implications for safe AI development.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive analysis of global standardization trends and proposes strategies to enhance safety and trustworthiness in advanced AI.

Findings

Growing international standardization initiatives for AI safety.

Identification of key areas needing standardization.

Policy recommendations for safe AI development.

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly evolved over the past decade and has advanced in areas such as language comprehension, image and video recognition, programming, and scientific reasoning. Recent AI technologies based on large language models and foundation models are approaching or surpassing artificial general intelligence. These systems demonstrate superior performance in complex problem solving, natural language processing, and multi-domain tasks, and can potentially transform fields such as science, industry, healthcare, and education. However, these advancements have raised concerns regarding the safety and trustworthiness of advanced AI, including risks related to uncontrollability, ethical conflicts, long-term socioeconomic impacts, and safety assurance. Efforts are being expended to develop internationally agreed-upon standards to ensure the safety and reliability of AI. This study analyzes international trends in safety and trustworthiness standardization for advanced AI, identifies key areas for standardization, proposes future directions and strategies, and draws policy implications. The goal is to support the safe and trustworthy development of advanced AI and enhance international competitiveness through effective standardization.