Royal Hansen, Google's vice president of privacy, safety and security engineering, weighs in on whether the U.S. is equipped to win the AI race in energy and the next frontier of innovation, weighing in on efforts to slow AI development.
Google executive Royal Hansen has responded to calls from some lawmakers to slow the development of artificial intelligence (AI) in the United States, stressing the need to develop and use the technology responsibly rather than falling behind other countries.
“This is really the idea of… taking responsibility when investing in and developing AI, because there are many benefits to leveraging it well, whether it's energy production, healthcare, science,” he said on “The Sunday Briefing.”
“But cybersecurity is an area where we need to keep people safe and at the same time help them become better at using AI,” he continued.
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Hansen later cited energy as a key area of focus for AI development, citing the Genesis Mission, an ongoing collaboration between technology companies, the Department of Energy, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).
The initiative, signed by President Donald Trump last month, aims to accelerate the use of AI in scientific research.
“I think [it’s] “This is a great example of the intersection of AI and energy,” Hansen said.
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“They are [federal agencies] We have national laboratories that are home to some of the best scientists on the planet. If we can leverage technologies like AI and quantum to solve some of these energy problems, we could create a really great virtuous cycle of actually improving science, improving energy, and winning as American innovation. ”
Hansen also cited cybersecurity as another area where AI is already being deployed defensively, noting that while attackers are increasingly leveraging the technology, companies are developing AI-powered tools to protect systems at scale.
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