July 22nd 2023.
The White House recently announced a commitment from several leading technology companies and firms to voluntarily agree to safety, security, and trust commitments when it comes to the development of artificial intelligence. Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Inflection met with the Biden Administration to discuss how to responsibly use AI. This is part of the Administration's larger effort to protect the public from the dangers of AI, as outlined in the AI Bill of Rights framework from 2022.
The White House is taking this issue seriously, and President Biden had a meeting with experts and leaders in the field of AI in San Francisco, and Vice-President Kamala Harris had a meeting with consumer protection, labor, and civil rights leaders to discuss how to leverage the power of AI while protecting people from harm and bias.
However, some are of the opinion that this isn't enough. Amba Kak, the executive director of the AI Now Institute, told the Associated Press that “A closed-door deliberation with corporate actors resulting in voluntary safeguards isn’t enough.” She believes that there needs to be a much more wide-ranging public deliberation, which could lead to different results that could have an impact on the business models of the companies.
Inflection CEO Mustafa Suleyman offered a different opinion, saying that the “red-team” tests that the companies agreed to represent a significant commitment, even though they are voluntary. These tests are a way to ensure security by having hackers try and exploit the company's systems. As AI is used more and more, it is important to make sure that it is used in an equitable way.
It remains to be seen if the White House's initiative on AI and the technology industry will work in the ways that it is hoping. Only time will tell what comes out of these agreements.
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