Artificial Intelligence Policy: ASTM International prohibits the entry of ASTM standards and related ASTM intellectual property (“ASTM IP”) into any form of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT. Additionally, creating ----derivatives of ASTM IP using AI is also prohibited without express written permission from ASTM’s President. In the case of such use, ASTM will suspend a licensee’s access to ASTM IP, and further legal action will be considered.
ASTM staff manager Leonard Morrissey (third from right) participated in a Standards Alliance workshop on good regulatory practices held June 1-2 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The workshop was sponsored by the Standards Alliance as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development, Southern African Development Community, American National Standards Institute and the USAID Southern Africa Trade Hub. Topics included overviews of the U.S. and South African regulatory standards systems. Morrissey contributed information on scientific and evidence-based rulemaking, public consultation in the standards development process and ASTM's perspective on standards in regulation.