White House officials will meet Big Tech CEOs as President Biden looks to tackle AI safety concerns
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- White House officials will discuss AI development with CEOs from Microsoft and OpenAI, among others.
- The meeting comes amid growing concerns around advanced AI safety.
- The administration announced several plans to tackle the potential implications of the tech.
White House officials, including Vice President Kamala Harris, are set to meet Big Tech CEOs at the White House as concerns grow over AI safety.
The officials will meet with leaders at the forefront of advanced AI development, including the chief executives of Alphabet, Anthropic, Microsoft, and OpenAI, per a White House fact sheet.
The invitation to the CEOs, which was viewed by Reuters, noted President Joe Biden's expectation that such companies "must make sure their products are safe before making them available to the public."
The meeting is part of a broader attempt by the administration to address issues around advanced AI. Public scrutiny of the technology has grown since OpenAI's viral ChatGPT appeared to spark the release of several other AI products.
Several countries are looking to introduce new regulations for the powerful technology. The European Union, for example, is pushing ahead with a proposed AI Act — the first law on AI by a major regulator.
The fact sheet, which was released on Thursday, announced several plans to tackle the potential implications of the tech. The announcements included independent public assessments of existing generative AI systems and $140 million in funding to launch new AI research institutes.
The administration said AI developers, including Anthropic, Google, Hugging Face, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI, and Stability AI, had committed to participate in a public evaluation of AI systems at the AI Village at DEF CON 31.
The fact sheet noted President Biden had "been clear that when it comes to AI" that people and communities must be at the center of innovation and society must be protected.
The administration also said it was actively working to address national security concerns raised by AI, especially in critical areas like cybersecurity, biosecurity, and safety.