, an industry coalition targeted to “promote the safe and responsible use of frontier AI systems.” It was set up to advance AI research, find best practices, and share information with policymakers and the rest of the AI ecosystem.
“For small and medium companies down the value chain that are in the space but are not really at the table, it adds to that exclusionary feeling of okay, we’re not any of the big guys, so we just have to sit down and wait for somebody to put something on high,” Triveni Gandhi, responsible AI lead at enterprise AI company Dataiku tellsGandhi says one example of the potential risks for smaller players is accountability.
The Frontier Model Forum has said it will work with civil society groups and governments, but it hasn’t mentioned if membership will be expanded to more AI companies. OpenAI, one of the leaders of the forum, declined to say if the group will open up in the future. Ron Bodkin, co-founder of ChainML, said calibrating requirements and fines to the size and scale of AI players would go a long way in meeting many concerns of smaller companies. Dataiku’s Gandhi suggested any industry coalition or standards organization like the International Organization for Standardization, or ISO, should make room for more stakeholders, especially as the needs of those working on foundation models differ from those working with consumers.