you know, i think speaking from the perspective of bsa, the business software alliance, we representmpanies, we recognize that al presents opportunities, but we also need to promote trust and responsibility. bsa members have long recognized that, they've committed to it, and that's why we welcome steps towards an effective regulatory framework. if you look at the framework that has been introduced by the white house, it includes this commitment on al safety. quote, "the companies commit to internal and external security testing of their ai systems before their release". "this testing, which will be carried out in part by independent experts, guards against some of the most significant sources of ai risks, such as biosecurity and cybersecurity, as well as its broader societal effects". so from your perspective at the bsa, what would be effective in making sure that these systems are tested externally? i mean, who should be testing these systems and how to make sure, of course, that the companies also adopt recommendations? i think that the announcement the administration has made is a

earlier, i spoke to president/ceo of the bsa, victoria espinel about today's announcement. you so much forjoining us on our show. if you look at the white house's announcement, these are companies that are also competitors working to create the best and most powerful ai tools. so why would it be in their interest to work together and to abide by these voluntary rules? so, sumi, thanks so much for having me. it's great to be here. you know, i think speaking from the perspective of bsa, the business software alliance, we represent the enterprise software companies. and i think for our companies, we recognise that al presents opportunities, but we also need to promote trust and responsibility. bsa members have long recognised that, they've committed to it, and that's why we welcome steps towards an effective regulatory framework. if you look at the framework that has been introduced by the white house, it includes this commitment on al safety. quote, "the companies commit to internal and external security testing of their ai systems before their release". "this testing, which

went down to uvalde, as you saw there, parents and teachers asked can you make the lives matter, be a bsaer, what we found is that while the supply -- the granted money is there, there's not enough schools applying, there's not enough schools even aware that they should apply or if they are aware they don't know how to apply. they don't have the resources to apply. they don't have the expertise. applying for these grants is extremely complicated and can be extremely expensive in a lot of these high need areas that need the support don't have the resources to get it. the superintendent that's supposed to fill out the grants is wearing three hats, four hats. they don't have the money to hire a grant writer. >> now we have a solution. >> what we're doing with the green lights grant initiative. we're offering to connect these districts. these leas to that federally funded, these federally funded grant money. we are making -- we are streamlining the process. we are going to pay full boat for some of these districts to have professional grant writer write the grant for them as well for any of t