Need to address AI risks to security and economy: US President Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he would seek expert advice on the need to address the risks of artificial intelligence to national security and the economy.

Biden said at an event in San Francisco, “My administration is committed to protecting the rights and safety of Americans while protecting privacy, addressing bias and misinformation, and ensuring that AI systems are not released.” Safe first.”

Biden met with a group of civil society leaders and advocates who have previously criticized the influence of major tech companies to discuss artificial intelligence.

“I wanted to hear directly from the experts,” he said.

Many governments are considering how to mitigate the dangers of the emerging technology, which has experienced a surge in investment and consumer popularity in recent months following the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

Biden’s meeting on Tuesday included Tristan Harris, executive director of the Center for Humane Technology, Joy Boolamwini, founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, and Stanford University professor Rob Reich.

Regulators globally are scrambling to draw up rules governing the use of generative AI, which can create text and images, and whose impact has been compared to that of the Internet.

Biden has also recently discussed the issue of AI with other world leaders, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose government will hold the first global summit on artificial intelligence security later this year. Biden is expected to discuss the subject with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the US.

EU lawmakers last week agreed to changes to draft rules on artificial intelligence proposed by the European Commission to set a global standard for the technology to be used on everything from automated factories to self-driving cars to chatbots. is to do.

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