July 22nd 2023.
The White House recently announced that several leading technology companies and firms have agreed to voluntary safety, security, and trust commitments to protect Americans from harm and discrimination when it comes to developing artificial intelligence. These companies include Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Inflection.
These commitments come as part of a larger effort by the Biden-Harris Administration to ensure the public is safe from the potential dangers of AI, which was outlined in the AI Bill of Rights framework in 2022. President Biden and Vice-President Harris have hosted meetings with experts and leaders in the field of AI, as well as consumer protection, labor, and civil rights leaders to discuss how to leverage the power of AI responsibly.
However, some say that these efforts are not enough. Amba Kak, 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 more wide-ranging public deliberation, as this is the only way to ensure that companies do not make decisions that could negatively impact their business models.
Inflection CEO Mustafa Suleyman disagrees, noting that it is a big deal to get all the companies together and that the “red-team” tests that the companies agreed to are a significant commitment. He believes that these tests, which are essentially hackers that the company invites in to try and exploit their systems, can help ensure that AI is used in an equitable and fair manner.
The only way to know if the White House’s initiative on artificial intelligence will be successful is to see what comes out of these agreements. It is clear that the White House is taking public safety seriously, and it will be interesting to see how the technology industry evolves.
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