In this file photo taken on March 15, 2023, an illustration of this photo shows the ChatGPT logo in its Washington, DC office. On May 2, 2023, stocks of a company that specializes in publishing school textbooks and providing online classes took a major hit after signs emerged that AI bots such as ChatGPT were encroaching on businesses.
WASHINGTON, USA — The White House on Thursday told the CEO of the US AI giant that he has a “moral” responsibility to protect society from the potential dangers of artificial intelligence.
Vice President Kamala Harris, fearing that companies are blindly working on technology that could seriously harm society, has called for Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic to strategize on the impact of AI. summoned the person responsible for
Harris said CEOs such as Google’s Sundar Pichai and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella have a “moral” obligation to protect society from the potential dangers of AI.
In a statement after the meeting, Mr. Harris said companies “must comply with existing laws to protect the American people” and “ensure the safety and security of their products.”
US President Joe Biden also made that point when he stopped by the conference, telling the assembled CEOs, “There’s great potential and great danger in what you’re doing.
According to a video the White House later posted, “I know you get it. I hope you can tell me,” he said.
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Biden has called on Congress to pass laws that would place tighter limits on the tech sector, but given the political divide, those efforts are unlikely to move forward.
The lack of rules has left Silicon Valley free to launch new products quickly, raising fears that AI technology will wreak havoc on society before governments catch up.
“It’s good to try to get ahead of this. It’s definitely going to be a challenge, but it’s something we can handle,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told reporters before the conference. I think,” he said.
His company, backed by billions of dollars from Microsoft, took the lead in making AI accessible to everyday consumers with the release of ChatGPT, which became a global sensation five months ago. I grabbed
Microsoft quickly integrated the capabilities of its AI chatbots into its Bing search engine and other products from short prompts to natural-looking written responses.
Windows makers on Thursday expanded public access to these generative artificial intelligence programs despite criticism and a meeting at the White House.
AI risks include voice duplication, deep fake videos, and compelling messages that can be used for fraud.
It’s also a threat to white-collar jobs, especially low-skilled back-office jobs for now.
In March, various experts urged a pause in the development of powerful AI systems to give them time to make sure they were secure, although a halt was widely seen as unlikely. was
The White House used Thursday’s meeting to announce new actions to “promote responsible American innovation in artificial intelligence.”
This included allocating $140 million to expand AI research and working with Big Tech to build evaluation systems that “solve problems.”
“Don’t expect this to lead to anything particularly meaningful, but it’s a good start,” says David Harris, a lecturer at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
race to the bottom
Google, Meta, and Microsoft have spent years developing AI systems to help with translation, Internet searching, security, and targeted advertising.
But when San Francisco-based OpenAI launched ChatGPT late last year, it pushed generative AI into the public consciousness and challenged its rivals for answers.
Google invited users in the US and UK to test the company’s AI chatbot, known as Bard. Facebook owner Meta points to new uses for Google’s advertising technology.
Billionaire Elon Musk founded an AI company called X.AI in Nevada, USA, in March, according to business documents.
The top U.S. regulator put AI in the crosshairs ahead of a meeting at the White House, suggesting the U.S. government will keep up with setting rules and guardrails.
“Can we continue to be home to the world’s leading technology without embracing a race-to-the-bottom business model and monopoly dominance?” Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Lina Kern said in a guest essay for The New York Times. in wrote:
“Yes, if we choose the right policies.”
