The White House will convene a meeting with CEOs of prominent artificial intelligence (AI) companies, including Google and Microsoft, on Thursday to discuss the potential risks and necessary safeguards associated with the rapidly growing technology. The focus on generative AI, exemplified by popular applications like ChatGPT, has prompted a wave of product launches by companies seeking to revolutionize various aspects of work.
Millions of users have already begun exploring these AI tools, which have shown promise in medical diagnoses, screenplay writing, legal brief creation, and software debugging. However, concerns have arisen regarding potential privacy violations, biased employment decisions, and the facilitation of scams and misinformation campaigns.
The meeting aims to facilitate an open discussion about the existing risks and those anticipated in the near future in the development of AI. A senior administration official, speaking anonymously due to the sensitivity of the matter, emphasized the need to manage risks while reaping the benefits of AI advancements.The gathering will include executives such as Sundar Pichai from Google, Satya Nadella from Microsoft, Sam Altman from OpenAI, and Dario Amodei from Anthropic.
In preparation for the meeting, the administration announced a $140 million investment from the National Science Foundation to establish seven new AI research institutes.
The proliferation of AI technology is expected to give rise to more political ads generated through AI imagery, as demonstrated by a dystopian-themed video produced by the Republican National Committee. While European governments have adopted stricter regulations on tech, particularly regarding deep fakes and misinformation, United States regulators have yet to take a similarly stringent approach.
The administration emphasizes that this is not a race, and it is actively collaborating with the US-EU Trade & Technology Council to address the issue. President Biden's executive order in February directed federal agencies to address bias in their use of AI. The Biden administration has also introduced an AI Bill of Rights and a risk management framework.
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division announced their intention to employ their legal authority to combat AI-related harm.
While tech giants have pledged to combat propaganda, misinformation, and harmful content, recent research by activist NGO Avaaz reveals that only around one in five misleading or false news articles in English were flagged or removed from major social media platforms, and articles in other European languages were not addressed.
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