Singapore launches AI safety management toolkit with Temasek, IBM, others

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Singapore’s AI Verify Foundation (AIVF) has introduced AI Verify Project Moonshot, a toolkit that focuses on managing safety and security risks in AI applications.

Launched in collaboration with DataRobot, IBM, Singtel, and Temasek, the toolkit combines red teaming, benchmarking, and baseline testing for large language models (LLMs) into one platform.

As part of Project Moonshot, AIVF and AI testing peer MLCommons are working together to create a unified safety benchmark suite, confirmed by a mutual memorandum of intent signed on May 29.

AIVF, which was launched in June 2023, currently has over 120 members. Amazon Web Services and Dell are the latest to join as premier members.

Project Moonshot was announced by Josephine Teo, Singapore’s Minister for Communications and Information, during the 2024 Asia Tech x Singapore conference.

“The provision of this new tool is significant as it aims to help developers and data scientists test their LLM applications against a baseline of risks, thereby accelerating the adoption of AI,” said Anup Kumar, IBM’s CTO of data and AI for Asia Pacific.

Earlier this week, IBM announced a partnership with AI Singapore to help evaluate and enhance Sea-Lion – the latter’s LLM – through its business-centered generative AI platform, Watsonx.

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