The US and the UK have signed an agreement to test the safety of large language models (LLMs) that underpin AI systems. The agreement or memorandum of understanding (MoU) — signed in Washington by US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and UK Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan on Monday — will see both countries working to align their scientific approaches and working closely to develop suites of evaluations for AI models, systems, and agents. The work for developing frameworks to test the safety of LLMs, such as the ones developed by OpenAI and Google, will be taken by the UK’s new AI Safety …