Copper Horse Collaborates with Leading Organisations to Establish a Trusted AI Bill of Materials
Bletchley Park, UK – April 16, 2024 – A group of prominent organisations have joined forces to develop the TAIBOM (Trusted AI Bill of Materials) collaborative project, aimed at creating processes and mechanisms to ensure the transparency and trustworthiness of AI systems as they become increasingly prevalent in our daily lives.
The TAIBOM project brings together TechWorks, NquiringMinds, Copper Horse, BAE Systems, and BSI (British Standards Institute) – leaders in technology, security, and standards development. The shared goal is to address the critical need for trust in AI by creating a framework that provides continuous assurance of AI systems’ technical construction and operation.
Alan Turing’s desk at Bletchley Park
AI has the potential to transform our world, but building trust in these powerful technologies is essential for widespread adoption,” said John Moor, COO of Techworks. “The TAIBOM project will deliver the processes and tools needed to signal the trust level of complex AI systems, raising confidence in organisations and the public in use”.
The project will explore the use of component versioning and attestations to increase transparency and comparability across AI systems. This will help address the complexity of modern AI, which goes far beyond a single algorithm or model, and encompasses a wide range of interacting software and parameter components.
By establishing a Trusted AI Bill of Materials, the TAIBOM collaboration aims to provide a clear and consistent way for organisations to demonstrate the trustworthiness of their AI systems, ultimately accelerating the safe and responsible deployment of these transformative technologies.
Nick Allott, CEO Nquiringminds: “This is frontier technology. Trust and transparency for AI is the issue for both governments and private companies. There is a race to find protective mechanisms to reduce the risk of data corruption, privacy and security. Governments need a way to understand, regulate and enforce protections in machine learning models, while business need to run with the opportunity that sharing data brings in a trusted, safe manner. The key is developing trust in these black box tools and to leverage them safely. This is what TAIBOM is all about.”
David Rogers, CEO of Copper Horse said “All sectors of business are already using some form of AI, yet there are lots of ways to significantly undermine those systems – whether it be through dataset poisoning or by model manipulation. It’s just a question of time before these vulnerabilities manifest themselves in a big way. There is a very real need to be able to verifiably trust the components of AI systems and this project will solve a large piece in that jigsaw puzzle.”
About the Collaborating Organizations
TechWorks is the UK’s deep tech industry association for a set of advanced technology and innovation communities, driving the growth of each by championing research, innovation, engineering excellence and the adoption of emerging technologies. For more information see https://www.techworks.org.uk/
NquiringMinds is a leading provider of AI-powered solutions built on strong cyber security principles. Nquiringminds provide distributed secure data sharing and analytics systems. For more information see https://nquiringminds.com/
Copper Horse Ltd is a cyber security company based in Windsor, UK. It specialises in innovation and research on future, difficult challenges for clients across the world in AI, Automotive, Internet of Things and Mobile. For more information see https://copperhorse.co.uk
BAE Systems is a global defence, aerospace, and security company, committed to developing innovative solutions that address complex challenges. For more information see https://www.baesystems.com/en/home
BSI (British Standards Institution) is the national standards body of the United Kingdom, responsible for producing technical standards and guidance to support businesses and consumers. For more information see https://www.bsigroup.com
Innovate UK drives productivity and economic growth by supporting businesses to develop and realise the potential of new ideas. It connects businesses to the partners, customers and investors that can help them turn ideas into commercially successful products and services and business growth. Innovate UK is part of UK Research and Innovation. For more information visit https://www.innovateuk.ukri.org