On Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk spoke with Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and others Tech CEOs are calling for the United States to create a “referee” for artificial intelligence after meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to discuss regulation of artificial intelligence. Since the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot, investment and consumer popularity in this emerging technology have boomed, and lawmakers are looking for ways to mitigate the dangers of this emerging technology.
Musk said a regulatory body is needed to ensure the safe use of artificial intelligence. “Having a referee is important to us,” Musk told reporters, comparing it to sports. The billionaire, who also owns social media platform X, added that regulators would “ensure companies take actions that are safe and in the public interest.”
Musk said the meeting was a “service to humanity” and said it “will probably go down in history as being very important to the future of civilization.” Musk confirmed at the forum that he called artificial intelligence “a double-edged sword.”
Zuckerberg said Congress “should work with AI to support innovation and safeguards. This is an emerging technology, there are important interests to balance here, and the government has the ultimate responsibility for this.” He added, “Standards It’s better to be formulated by American companies who can work with our government to shape these models on important issues.”
More than 60 senators attended. Lawmakers said there is widespread consensus on the need for government regulation of artificial intelligence. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who organized the forum, told reporters after the meeting: “We are starting to really deal with one of the most important issues facing the next generation, and today we are off to a good start on that. ” “We still have a long way to go.”
Republican Sen. Todd Young, a co-moderator of the forum, said he believed the Senate “has reached a stage where I think jurisdictional committees will be ready to start considering legislation.” But Republican Senator Mike Rounds warned that Congress would need time to act. “Are we ready to go out and draft legislation? Absolutely not,” Lowndes said. “We’re not there.”
Lawmakers want to take precautions against potentially dangerous deepfakes, such as fake videos, election interference and attacks on critical infrastructure. Other attendees included Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates and the American Federation of Labor- Liz Schuler, president of the CIO.
Schumer emphasized the need for regulation before the 2024 US election, especially against deep fakes. “There’s a lot to do, but the timeline for that one is probably faster than some of the other things,” he said.
In March, Musk and a group of artificial intelligence experts and executives called for a six-month moratorium on development of systems more powerful than OpenAI’s GPT-4, citing potential risks to society. Regulators around the world have been busy crafting rules governing the use of generative artificial intelligence, which can create text and produce images whose human origins are nearly impossible to detect.
Adobe, IBM, Nvidia and five other companies said on Tuesday they had signed on to President Joe Biden’s voluntary artificial intelligence pledge, calling for measures such as watermarking AI-generated content. The commitments, announced in July, aim to ensure that the power of artificial intelligence is not used for destructive purposes. Google, OpenAI and Microsoft signed on in July. The White House has also been working on an executive order on artificial intelligence.
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