- James Clayton & Lucy Hooker
- BBC news
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Tech bosses were summoned to the White House on Thursday and told they must protect the public from the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI).
Google’s Sundar Pichai, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and OpenAI’s Sam Altmann were said to have a “moral” obligation to protect society.
The White House has revealed that it may regulate the department further.
Recently launched AI products such as ChatGPT and Bard have captured the public’s imagination.
They offer ordinary users the opportunity to interact with so-called “generative AI” that can summarize information from multiple sources in seconds, debug computer code, write presentations, and even write poetry. To do. is generated.
Their deployment sparked renewed debate about the role of AI in society by providing concrete examples of the potential risks and rewards of new technologies.
Tech executives gathered at the White House on Thursday were told it was up to businesses to “ensure product safety and security,” and warned the administration was embracing new regulations and laws targeting artificial intelligence. It was
Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, told reporters that management is “surprisingly on the same page about what needs to happen” when it comes to regulation. rice field.
US Vice President Kamala Harris said in a post-meeting statement that while new technologies could improve lives, they could pose risks to safety, privacy and civil rights.
The private sector “has an ethical, moral and legal responsibility to ensure product safety and security,” she said.
The White House has announced a $140m (£111m) investment from the National Science Foundation to launch seven new AI research institutes.
Calls from both politicians and technology leaders for better regulation of the dramatic rise in emerging AI are growing rapidly.
He told the BBC that some of the dangers of AI chatbots are “very scary”.
In March, a letter signed by Elon Musk and Apple founder Steve Wozniak called for a moratorium on deploying the technology.
And on Wednesday, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Rina Khan outlined her views on how and why AI should be regulated.
There are concerns that AI could quickly replace people’s jobs, and that chatbots such as ChatGPT and Bard are inaccurate and can lead to the spread of misinformation.
There are also concerns that generative AI may defy copyright law. Voice duplication AI can exacerbate fraud. AI-generated videos can spread fake news.
But proponents like Bill Gates have refuted calls for a “pause” of AI, saying such a move would not “solve the challenges” ahead.
Gates argues that the focus should be on how best to leverage AI development.
