?Mitigating Proliferation Risks Posed by Artificial Intelligence Enabled Molecular Models and Leveraging Nonproliferation Opportunities?

The Department of State’s Office of the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (ACN/NDF) is seeking proposals for projects that will advance the mission of NDF’s efforts to identify, evaluate, and develop safeguards to counter the misuse risks enabled by the proliferation of chemical and biological Artificial Intelligence (AI) models. Proposals may focus on various objectives, including identifying key foreign stakeholders, developing technical evaluations and risk assessments, testing established and new safeguards, and developing tools and methodologies to detect and counter illicit chemical and biological material acquisition. The project aims to mitigate the risks posed by AI-enabled molecular models and to leverage nonproliferation opportunities. • Identify key foreign stakeholders involved in AI-enabled molecular design and production • Develop and conduct technical evaluations and risk assessments of training data sets, model architectures, computing systems, and related infrastructure • Test established and develop new safeguards, mitigation measures, and best practices to secure sensitive data sets, computing systems, infrastructure, and molecular models • Develop tools, methodologies, and other resources that leverage beneficial applications of AI to detect and counter illicit chemical and biological material acquisition • Publish forward-looking international guidelines, codes of ethics, software tools, or platforms toward the responsible development and use of AI models • Organize interactive workshops or table-top exercises to socialize and encourage adoption of key project deliverables among stakeholders