Executive summary: Model registries are an emerging form of AI governance that require developers to submit information about AI models to a centralized database, enabling governments to track and regulate AI development.
Key points:
Model registries require submitting basic information about AI models (purpose, size, algorithms) and sometimes more detailed data (benchmarks, risks, safety assessments).
Registries allow governments to monitor the AI industry, target regulations at specific models, and enforce an “algorithms as entry point” governance approach.
Precedents exist in other domains like pharmaceutical registries, which require safety testing, incident reporting, and postmarket surveillance.
China has the most comprehensive registry requirements, the EU requires registration of “high-risk” systems, and the US focuses on compute power thresholds.
Model registries indicate differing regulatory priorities: content control (China), citizen rights (EU), and national security (US).
Registries will enable future regulations like mandatory safety assessments, transparency, incident reporting, and postmarket evaluations.
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Executive summary: Model registries are an emerging form of AI governance that require developers to submit information about AI models to a centralized database, enabling governments to track and regulate AI development.
Key points:
Model registries require submitting basic information about AI models (purpose, size, algorithms) and sometimes more detailed data (benchmarks, risks, safety assessments).
Registries allow governments to monitor the AI industry, target regulations at specific models, and enforce an “algorithms as entry point” governance approach.
Precedents exist in other domains like pharmaceutical registries, which require safety testing, incident reporting, and postmarket surveillance.
China has the most comprehensive registry requirements, the EU requires registration of “high-risk” systems, and the US focuses on compute power thresholds.
Model registries indicate differing regulatory priorities: content control (China), citizen rights (EU), and national security (US).
Registries will enable future regulations like mandatory safety assessments, transparency, incident reporting, and postmarket evaluations.
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