The chief executives of Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic will meet with Vice President Kamala Harris and high administration officers to talk about key synthetic intelligence (AI) points on Thursday, stated a White House official.
The invitation seen by Reuters to the CEOs famous President Joe Biden‘s “expectation that companies like yours must make sure their products are safe before making them available to the public.”
Concerns about fast-growing AI expertise embody privateness violations, bias and worries it may proliferate scams and misinformation.
In April, Biden stated it stays to be seen whether or not AI is harmful however underscored that expertise firms had a duty to guarantee their merchandise had been secure. Social media had already illustrated the hurt that highly effective applied sciences can do with out the correct safeguards, he stated.
The administration has additionally been looking for public feedback on proposed accountability measures for AI programs, as issues develop about its impression on nationwide safety and schooling.
On Monday, deputies from the White House Domestic Policy Council and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy wrote in a weblog put up about how the expertise can pose a severe threat to employees.
The Thursday assembly shall be attended by Biden’s Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Director of the National Economic Council Lael Brainard and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo amongst others, stated the White House official who didn’t want to be named.
The firms didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
ChatGPT, an AI program that just lately grabbed the general public’s consideration for its capability to write solutions shortly to a variety of queries, particularly has attracted U.S. lawmakers’ consideration because it has grown to be the fastest-growing client utility in historical past with greater than 100 million month-to-month lively customers.
“I think we should be cautious with AI, and I think there should be some government oversight because it is a danger to the public,” Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk stated final month in a tv interview.
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