Biden meets top tech CEOs to discuss AI-related risks & growth
Sam Altman and Sundar Pichai were among the top tech CEOs to have been called by the President of America.
Highlights
- Joe Biden calls for a meeting on AI with top tech giants
- The meeting covers aspects related to safety, regulations and future prospects of AI
- The President expressed worry on the AI advancement
On Thursday, the CEOs of AI organisations including Google, Microsoft and OpenAI met the US President, Joe Biden, and Vice President, Kamala Harris. The meeting took place amid the evolving technological innovations happening in the space of Artificial Intelligence, which is said to impact the rights and safety of people all over the world.
Biden worries over the growth and drawbacks of AI
In a brief appearance at the meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, President Joe Biden, expressed the hope that the group of leaders might educate them on the progress and drawbacks related to AI.
“Artificial Intelligence is one of the most powerful tools of our time, but to seize its opportunities, we must first mitigate its risks. Today, I dropped by a meeting with AI leaders to touch on the importance of innovating responsibly and protecting people's rights and safety,” Biden tweeted.
According to Adam Conner, the Vice President for Technology Policy at American Progress, (public policy research and advocacy organisation), the White House must also take more action because the AI systems developed by these businesses are being incorporated into thousands of consumer applications.
What did the meeting cover?
Apart from discussing the safety and regulations of AI, the meeting also covered three other crucial issues, the necessity of companies to be more open with policymakers, the general public, and others about the company’s AI systems. The second aspect was the importance of being able to evaluate, verify, and validate the safety, security, and effectiveness of AI systems. The third one is the requirement to make sure AI systems are protected from malicious actors and attacks.
In the wake of AI growth, the Democratic administration announced an investment of $140 million for the establishment of seven new AI research facilities in the country. It further said that policy recommendations on the deployment of AI by the federal government would be made available by the White House Office of Management and Budget in a couple of months.
