Biden Administration puts out formal request for comment for potential AI regulation
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The Biden Administration laid out a formal request for comment on Tuesday to look into potential regulation for artificial intelligence products and services amid concerns about development in the industry.
The request, laid out by the U.S. Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration, is seeking public comment on accountability measures such as whether new AI models should be certified before being released publicly.
The comments will be accepted over the next 60 days, which will then be used to give advice to policy makers, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The Commerce Department's request comes shortly after President Biden met with his science and technology advisers at the White House to discuss the "risks and opportunities" that stem from artificial intelligence.
Following the meeting, President Biden said it remains to be seen whether AI is dangerous, but added that it "could be."
Last month, tech luminaries such as Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak and others wrote an open letter to call for a six-month pause in the development of many AI tools in order to develop new safety standards for the technology.
Others, however, including Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates, have said pausing development of certain AI technology would not solve issues.
"I donât think asking one particular group to pause solves the challenges," Gates said in a recent interview with Reuters. "Clearly thereâs huge benefits to these thingsâ¦ what we need to do is identify the tricky areas."
Microsoft (MSFT) has made a "multi-year, multi-billion" dollar investment into OpenAI, the creator of the ChatGPT service. Since then, the tech giant has integrated ChatGPT technology into many of its products, including its Bing search engine.
The normally pro-business friendly U.S. Chamber of Commerce wrote a report last month that called for AI regulation.
"A failure to regulate AI will harm the economy, potentially diminish individual rights, and constrain the development and introduction of beneficial technologies," the group explained.
The Chamber added that over the next 20 years, "virtually every business and government agency" will use AI, noting that it will have a "profound" impact on society, the economy and national security.
"We must address these issues clearly so that we can shape appropriate responses and achieve our goal, which is to allow the innovation machine to continue to work its magic and improve society, while protecting the basic rights of citizens," the lobbying group wrote.
Last month, OpenAI came out with GPT-4, its latest chatbot update, and claimed the technology could score higher on the SAT exam than 90% of all test takers.
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