Meetings with executives
Biden: AI applications must be secure
5/5/2023 2:39 am
US President Joe Biden met with the CEOs of leading AI companies for two hours. Afterwards, Sam Altman from OpenAI said that the companies “surprisingly” shared the US government’s opinion on the necessary regulations.
US President Joe Biden has called on the CEOs of leading AI companies at a meeting to ensure their products are safe before they are deployed. The meeting in the White House included the CEO Sundar Pichai of the Alphabet subsidiary Google, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadelle as well as Sam Altman from OpenAI and Dario Amodei from Anthropic. US Vice President Kamala Harris, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and other government officials were also present.
US President Biden, who has tried out the AI software ChatGPT, told company officials they need to reduce the current and potential risks that AI poses to individuals, society and national security, according to White House sources. The White House said the two-hour meeting featured an open and constructive discussion on the need for AI companies to be more transparent to policymakers. In addition, the importance of assessing the security of AI products and protecting them against malicious attacks was discussed.
Vice President Kamala Harris said in a statement that artificial intelligence technology has the potential to improve life but may also raise concerns about security, privacy and civil rights. She told the company bosses present that they had a legal responsibility for the security of their AI products. The US government is open to the development of new regulations and laws on artificial intelligence.
The US government also announced a $140 million investment from the National Science Foundation. This is intended to set up seven new AI research institutes. The White House will also publish political guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence by the federal government. Leading AI developers including Anthropic, Google, Hugging Face, NVIDIA Corp, OpenAI and Stability AI will participate in a public assessment of their AI systems.
After the meeting, OpenAI’s Sam Altman “surprisingly” told reporters who shared AI companies’ views on the need for regulation with the US government. US authorities are less strict than European governments when it comes to regulating AI and creating rules for deepfakes and misinformation.