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“President Biden Addresses AI Risks with Top Tech Leaders”

Biden Meets Microsoft, Google CEOs on AI Dangers

President Joe Biden met with CEOs of top artificial intelligence companies, including Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google, on Thursday and made it clear that they must ensure their AI products are safe before they are deployed. Generative artificial intelligence has become a buzzword this year, with apps such as ChatGPT capturing the public’s fancy, sparking a rush among companies to launch similar products that they believe will change the nature of work.

Millions of users have begun testing such tools, which supporters say can make medical diagnoses, write screenplays, create legal briefs, and debug software, leading to growing concern about how the technology could lead to privacy violations, skew employment decisions, and power scams and misinformation campaigns.

Keywords: Biden meets Microsoft, Google CEOs, AI dangers

The Meeting

Thursday’s two-hour meeting, which began at 11:45 a.m. ET (1545 GMT), included Google’s Sundar Pichai, Microsoft Corp’s Satya Nadella, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei. The meeting also included Vice President Kamala Harris and administration officials, including Biden’s Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Director of the National Economic Council Lael Brainard, and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.

The meeting was described as a “frank and constructive discussion” on the need for companies to be more transparent with policymakers about their AI systems; the importance of evaluating the safety of such products; and the need to protect them from malicious attacks. Harris stated that the technology has the potential to improve lives but could pose safety, privacy, and civil rights concerns. She told the chief executives that they have a “legal responsibility” to ensure the safety of their AI products and that the administration is open to advancing new regulations and supporting new legislation on artificial intelligence.

The administration also announced a $140 million investment from the National Science Foundation to launch seven new AI research institutes. The White House’s Office of Management and Budget would release policy guidance on the use of AI by the federal government.

Keywords: Generative artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, privacy violations, AI-related harm, AI Bill of Rights

The Risks

Biden, who has used ChatGPT and experimented with it, told the officials that they must mitigate current and potential risks AI poses to individuals, society, and national security, the White House said.

Leading AI developers, including Anthropic, Google, Hugging Face, NVIDIA Corp, OpenAI, and Stability AI, will participate in a public evaluation of their AI systems.

Shortly after Biden announced his reelection bid, the Republican National Committee produced a video featuring a dystopian future during a second Biden term. It was built entirely with AI imagery.

Such political ads are expected to become more common as AI technology proliferates. The US regulators have fallen short of the tough approach European governments have taken on tech regulation and in crafting strong rules on deepfakes and misinformation.

The administration is working closely with the US-EU Trade & Technology Council to address these issues. In February, Biden signed an executive order directing federal agencies to eliminate bias in their AI use. The Biden administration has also released an AI Bill of Rights and a risk management framework. The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division also said last week they would use their legal authorities to fight AI-related harm.

Keywords: AI systems, AI technology, deepfakes, misinformation

Conclusion

Tech giants have vowed many times to combat propaganda around elections, fake news about COVID-19 vaccines, pornography and child exploitation, and hateful messaging targeting ethnic groups. But they have been unsuccessful, research and news events show.

The meeting with the CEOs made it clear that the concerns over AI’s dangers must be addressed before the products are deployed. Proper safety measures, transparency with policymakers, and legislation on AI are necessary to ensure the safe usage of AI technology.

The $140 million investment from the National Science Foundation showcases the significance of AI research and development. A public evaluation of AI systems could go a long way in ensuring safe and ethical AI usage. The Biden administration’s executive order, AI Bill of Rights, and risk management framework further substantiate the administration’s dedication to ethical AI usage.

Keywords: ChatGPT, AI research, ethical AI usage

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