USA: The field of artificial intelligence is expanding quickly, but these developments are also raising questions about the potential dangers of the technology. Now, Vice President Kamala Harris and other top officials have invited the CEOs of Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic—the four US companies actively creating new AI tools—to a meeting on May 4 to discuss important AI-related issues.
The development of AI has been rapid. People are astonished by the technology's abilities to write codes, assist with assignments, generate essays, and respond to any question, among other things. But a number of experts have voiced worries about the potential harm it might do. Additionally, institutions of higher education have already begun to forbid AI chatbots like ChatGPT.
Privacy violations, the spread of false information, copyright issues, and an increase in scams are some of the most urgent worries about AI. Therefore, tech companies must make sure their goods and services are secure before releasing them to the general public.
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This is the main topic of the upcoming meeting, which will emphasise the importance of creating technologies "with safeguards that mitigate risks and potential harms."
Whether AI is dangerous has yet to be determined, according to US President Joe Biden, who also stressed that it is the tech industry's responsibility to ensure that its products are secure. He had stated that "social media has already shown the damage that strong technologies can do without the proper safeguards."
The US government is looking for public opinion on accountability measures for AI as worries about how AI will affect national security and education grow. A blog post about how AI poses a significant risk to workers was recently published by the deputy officials from the White House Domestic Policy Council and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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Under the direction of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the US is also taking steps to create a framework to control AI. The framework focuses on four points: who developed the algorithm and for whom; disclosure of the data source; establishing clear ethical guidelines; and specifics on how the AI generates its responses.
The 'Godfather of AI,' Geoffrey Hinton, who recently left Google, has also expressed his opinions on the damage AI can do. Hinton worries that AI will lead to a deluge of false information on the internet, making it difficult for the average person to tell what is real. He believes that in the absence of some sort of international regulation, the AI race will continue.