In the USA With the participation of the heads of the leading tech giants, the development of regulations for the application of artificial intelligence (AI) started. “Today we are launching an enormous, complex and vital undertaking: laying a foundation for bipartisan AI policy,” said Democratic leader and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (72) on Wednesday at an AI forum in the Capitol. “It is important for us to have a referee,” said Tesla-Boss Elon Musk (52) on the sidelines of the hearings. A regulator is needed “to ensure that companies act safely and in the public interest.”
In addition to Musk also took part Meta-Boss Mark Zuckerberg (39) and Google-Chief Sundar Pichai (51) took part in the deliberations in Washington. They are intended to help members of Congress find an answer to the question of how to control the threats posed by AI. Ever since OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI program became publicly available, there has been a real boom around the new technology. However, AI already poses dangers such as barely recognizable forgeries (deepfakes) in the form of photos, videos, manipulation in social networks and election campaigns.
All participants agreed that the government must regulate the use of AI and develop appropriate laws, said New Jersey Senator Cory Booker (54). Also taking part in the meeting were OpenAI boss Sam Altman (38), Nvidia boss Jensen Huang (60), Microsoft-CEO Satya Nadella (56), IBM-Boss Arvind Krishna (61) and the Microsoft founder Bill Gates (67) and the president of the AFL-CIO trade union federation, Liz Shuler (53), took part.
The opposition Republican Senator Josh Hawley (43) was critical: “I don’t know why we should invite the largest monopolists in the world to give Congress tips on how they can make more money.” He accused the Democratic majority in Congress of failing to pass meaningful technology legislation.
Wednesday’s forum is part of several events designed to lay the foundations for the guidelines for AI applications. Last March, Musk and a group of AI experts and executives called for a six-month break in the development of AI systems. They justified the moratorium with possible risks for society.
Governments around the world are trying to regulate the use of generative AI, which can create texts and images whose artificial origin is virtually undetectable.