Mitre Opens Lab to Test US Government’s Artificial Intelligence
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The government-backed nonprofit organization Mitre opened a lab Monday to test AI systems used by federal agencies, aiming to discover and fix security flaws and other risks.
The lab will assess the systems for everything from data leaks to explainability — the ability to see why AI technology is making certain decisions — according to Miles Thompson, a robotics engineer who will head the lab. The facility is based at the McLean, Virginia, headquarters of Mitre, which oversees research on national security, aviation, health and cybersecurity, among other topics. It can accommodate 50 people in person and 4,000 via remote connections.