Deep fakes are biggest AI concern, warns Microsoft chairman

Microsoft President Brad Smith said Thursday that his biggest concern about artificial intelligence was deep fakes, realistic-looking but false content.

In a speech in Washington aimed at addressing the issue of the best way to regulate AI, which went from broad to bewildering with the advent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Smith called for steps to be taken to ensure Did that people know when the photo or video is real and when it is fake. Generated by AI, potentially for nefarious purposes.

“We are going to address the issues related to deep fakes. We’re going to specifically address what we worry about most foreign cyber influence operations, those kinds of activities that are already being done by the Russian government, the Chinese, the Iranians,” he said. .

“We need to take steps to protect people from alterations to legitimate content with the intent to deceive or defraud through the use of AI.”

Smith also called for licensing of the most important forms of AI for “obligations to protect security, physical security, cyber security, national security”.

“We will need a new generation of export controls, at least the evolution of export controls we have, to ensure that these models are not stolen or used in ways that do not meet the country’s export control requirements. violate,” he said.

For weeks, lawmakers in Washington have struggled over what laws to pass to govern AI, even as companies large and small race to bring increasingly versatile AI to market .

Last week, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, told a Senate panel in his first appearance before Congress that the use of AI to interfere with election integrity is a “significant area of ​​concern,” adding that It needs regulation.

Altman, whose OpenAI is backed by Microsoft, also called for global cooperation on AI and encouragement for security compliance.

In the speech and also in a blog post released on Thursday, Smith argued that people need to be held accountable for any problems caused by AI and urged lawmakers to ensure that the safety brakes on AI are put in place , which is used to control the electric grid, water. supplies and other critical infrastructure so humans are in control.

He urged developers of powerful AI models to use a “know your customer”-style system to explain how to use their technology and inform the public about what content the AI ​​is creating so they can spot fake videos. be able to identify

Some of the proposals being considered on Capitol Hill would focus on AI in areas that could threaten people’s lives or livelihoods, such as medicine and finance. Others are pushing for regulations to ensure that AI is not used to discriminate or violate civil rights.

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