The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Tuesday announced an extensive effort to try to test large language models (LLMs) “to help improve understanding of artificial intelligence’s capabilities and impacts.” NIST’s new Assessing Risks and Impacts of AI (ARIA) program will “assess the societal risks and impacts of artificial intelligence systems,” the NIST statement said, including ascertaining “what happens when people interact with AI regularly in realistic settings.” The NIST effort will include a “testing, evaluation, validation and verification (TEVV) program intended…