Classified Estimates Show the NSA Is Paying Billions to Test AI Models
Classified estimates say the NSA is spending billions this year testing frontier AI models for security risks.
Sources familiar with classified estimates say the NSA is spending billions of dollars this year evaluating advanced AI models, leading lawmakers to fear broader federal oversight could cost tens of billions annually. Earlier CBO scores put related proposals far lower: about $20 million a year for one AI risk center bill and $36 million over five years for a reporting system. The NSA Artificial Intelligence Security Center began testing frontier models after high-profile hacking and security incidents, with compute and hiring as the main costs. Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic are reportedly discussing their own safety standards body, which some experts reject as self-policing.
- NSA frontier-model testing is reportedly costing billions this year.
- Earlier CBO scores for related AI bills were only tens of millions.
- Compute purchases and specialist hiring are the largest expenses.
- Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic may form a safety standards body.
- Critics say industry self-review would let labs police themselves.
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The National Security Agency told lawmakers that it is spending billions of dollars in taxpayer funds this year evaluating and testing advanced artificial intelligence models, according to two sources familiar with classified intelligence estimates.
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