New York launches public institute for independent AI safety testing
Governor Kathy Hochul is launching an AI safety research institute in New York, attached to Binghamton University and staffed by more than 80 researchers.
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The institute will test frontier AI systems using the computing power of Empire AI, a 500 million dollar public-private partnership. The announcement was published by SUNY, the state university system. SUNY presents the scheme as the first public program of independent testing of AI models, which puts New York State at the forefront of evaluating the safety of AI models, independently and publicly.
Source: SUNY, published on November 10, 2026.