The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that the Biden administration on Wednesday named a top White House aide as the director of the newly established safety institute for artificial intelligence. An Associated Press dispatch to The Globe reports that Elizabeth Kelly will lead the AI Safety Institute at the National Institute for Standards and Technology. In the announcement, Lael Brainard, director of the White House National Economic Council, said that Ms. Kelly has "shaped the President's agenda on tech and financial regulation and worked to build broad coalitions of stakeholders." The new institute will play a critical role in fostering the development of the technology. By July, it is set to create "red team" testing standards for major AI developers to ensure that the systems are safe for consumers and businesses. The administration considers the safety tests as necessary to unlock the benefits of the rapidly moving technology, creating a level of trust that will allow for wider adoption of AI. The federal government recently began requiring AI companies to test their systems. So far, however, those tests lack the universal set of standards that the institute plans to finalize this summer.