Biden says risks posed by AI to security, economy need addressing
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“My administration is committed to safeguarding Americans’ rights and safety while protecting privacy, to听补诲诲谤别蝉蝉颈苍驳听bias and misinformation, to making sure听础滨听systems are safe before they are released,” Mr. Biden聽said at an event in San Francisco.
Mr. Biden met 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.
Several governments聽聽how to mitigate the dangers of the emerging technology, which has experienced a boom in investment and consumer popularity in recent months after the release of OpenAI‘s ChatGPT.
Mr. Biden‘s meeting on Tuesday included Tristan Harris, executive director of the Center for Humane Technology, Algorithmic Justice League founder Joy Buolamwini and Stanford University Professor Rob Reich.
Regulators globally have been scrambling to draw up rules governing the use of generative听础滨, which can create text and images, and whose impact has been compared to that of the internet.
Mr. Biden聽has also recently discussed the issue of听础滨听with other world leaders, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak whose government will later this year hold a first global summit on artificial intelligence safety. Mr. Biden聽is expected to discuss the topic with Indian Prime Minister聽 during his ongoing US visit.
European Union lawmakers agreed last week to changes in draft rules on artificial intelligence pro辫辞蝉别诲听by the European Commission in a bid to set a global standard for a technology used on everything from automated factories to self-driving cars to chatbots. – Reuters
