Tech companies agree to White House safeguards for AI security.

The White House recently announced a major initiative aimed at ensuring the ethical development of artificial intelligence. Seven leading technology companies and firms, including Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Inflection, attended a meeting with the Biden Administration to discuss how to responsibly develop and use AI.

This is an extension of the AI Bill of Rights framework the Administration laid out in 2022, and is part of their commitment to ensure that the public is protected from the dangers of emerging artificial intelligence. President Biden and Vice-President Harris have both had meetings with experts and leaders in the field of AI to discuss the promise and risks associated with the field.

However, some organizations have expressed doubt that these voluntary commitments are enough. The AI Now Institute’s executive director Amba Kak believes that “A closed-door deliberation with corporate actors resulting in voluntary safeguards isn’t enough. We need a much more wide-ranging public deliberation, and that’s going to bring up issues that companies almost certainly won’t voluntarily commit to because it would lead to substantively different results, ones that may more directly impact their business models.”

On the other hand, Inflection CEO Mustafa Suleyman argued that “It’s a big deal to bring all the labs together, all the companies. This is supercompetitive and we wouldn’t come together under other circumstances.” He also mentioned that the “red-team” tests that the companies agreed to represent a significant commitment even though they are voluntary.

It remains to be seen how effective this initiative will be, but the White House is taking serious steps towards ensuring that artificial intelligence is developed safely and responsibly, and that Americans are protected from harm and discrimination. It is clear that the technology industry and the public need to come together to figure out a way to ensure the ethical development of AI.

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