In addition to this, the Biden administration is working on an executive order to address AI risks and has been meeting with tech executives and civil rights leaders to discuss AI. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has also launched a plan for Congress to regulate AI technology. Lawmakers have introduced legislation to regulate the tech, with some rules limiting the Defense Department's use of generative AI included in this year's National Defense Authorization Act.
Key takeaways:
- The White House is meeting with AI's top seven companies - Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI - to make voluntary commitments to protect users from the risks posed by artificial intelligence.
- The companies have agreed to invest in cybersecurity, discrimination research, and a new watermarking system to inform users when content is AI-generated.
- The Biden administration is working on an executive order to address some of the risks posed by AI, with actions potentially taking place across federal agencies and departments.
- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has launched a plan for Congress to regulate AI technology without dampening innovation, with a focus on national security, job loss, and misinformation.