White House calls a meeting of tech CEOs for AI safety measures
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Top tech executives from Alphabet's Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), OpenAI, and Anthropic, will meet with Vice President Kamala Harris and other high-ranking officials from the Biden administration on Thursday to discuss pressing issues related to artificial intelligence.
The invitation noted President Biden's "expectation that companies like yours must make sure their products are safe before making them available to the public." It adds, "We aim to have a frank discussion of the risks we each see in current and near-term AI development, actions to mitigate those risks, and other ways we can work together to ensure the American people benefit from advances in AI while being protected from its harms."
The administration is seeking public comments on accountability measures for AI systems. Concerns about fast-growing AI technology include privacy violations, bias and worries it could proliferate scams and misinformation.
Recently, deputies from the White House Domestic Policy Council and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a blog post warning about the serious threats that AI can pose to workers.
ChatGPT, an AI program that recently grabbed the public's attention, has attracted U.S. lawmakers' attention as it has grown to be the fastest-growing consumer application in history with more than 100M monthly active users. Microsoft (MSFT) poured billions of dollars into ChatGPT maker OpenAI in January, prompting Google to hastily release its own chatbot called Bard in March.
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