On Thursday, U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with top tech CEOs to discuss the risks and regulations needed for AI systems.
The meeting came hours after the White House announced a number of new AI initiatives, including $140M in funding to create seven new National AI Research Institutes.
- Biden "dropped by the meeting" that was led by Harris and attended by other administration officials. They met with the CEOs of Alphabet, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Microsoft.
- Harris said in a statement that AI has the potential to improve lives but could pose risks to safety, privacy, and civil rights.
- She told the CEOs that they have a "legal responsibility" to ensure the safety of their AI products and that the administration is open to advancing new AI regulations and supporting new legislation.
- Likewise, Biden told the executives that what they are pursuing "has enormous potential and enormous danger."
- A White House official said Biden was extensively briefed on ChatGPT and has experimented with the system.
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Also on Thursday, the administration unveiled a $140M investment from the National Science Foundation to establish seven new AI research institutes in the U.S., bringing the total to 25. The research centers will
apply AI to areas like public health, climate change, and agriculture.
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The White House Office of Management and Budget also announced plans to issue draft policy guidance on how federal agencies can use AI tools. The guidance will be open to public feedback starting this summer.
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Lastly, top AI developers, including Anthropic, Google, Hugging Face, and Microsoft, have agreed to participate in a public evaluation of generative AI systems during an August hacker event. The "exercise" will
gauge how well the systems adhere to the Biden administration's AI Bill of Rights blueprint.
