The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has enlisted a broad range of AI industry leaders to form the Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board, the agency announced on Friday.
DHS says the new agency will play a critical role in protecting U.S. infrastructure critical to artificial intelligence — and addressing AI-powered threats.
“Artificial intelligence is a transformative technology that can advance our national interests in unprecedented ways,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a prepared statement. “At the same time, it highlights real risks that we can mitigate by adopting best practices and taking other studied concrete steps.”
The board is chaired by Mayorkas and includes a number of senior executives, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Anthroponic Founder and CEO Dario Amodei, and Nvidia President and CEO Jensen Huang. AI includes executives. .
“I am grateful that such accomplished leaders are devoting their time and expertise to the Board to help ensure our nation's critical infrastructure — the essential services Americans rely on every day — effectively defend against threats and recognize the enormous potential of this transformative technology. ” said Mayorkas.
“If deployed responsibly, AI technology has the potential to provide significant benefits to society, which is why we recommend efforts to test the security of frontier AI systems to mitigate potential risks,” Anthropix Amodei said in a statement. “We are proud to collaborate with other public and private sector leaders in studying the implications of AI for protecting critical infrastructure.
“The deployment of secure AI is critical to maintaining the infrastructure that powers American society, and we believe the establishment of this board is a positive step toward strengthening America's national security,” he said.
“Artificial intelligence is one of the most transformative technologies of our time, and we must ensure it is deployed safely and responsibly,” added Microsoft's Nadella. “Microsoft is honored to participate in this important effort and looks forward to sharing both our lessons learned and our plans going forward.”
Others joining the AI Safety and Security Board include Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky, IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna, Stanford Human-Centered AI Institute Associate Director Fei-Fei Li, and Civic Leadership Conference President and CEO Maya Wiley. . and human rights.
“I am honored to join this interdisciplinary group of leaders to lead this global shift in technology in a responsible and human-centered way,” said Lee. “Ultimately, AI is a tool, a powerful tool, and it should be developed and implemented with an understanding of how it affects the individual, the community, and society as a whole.”
According to DHS, the board will hold its first quarterly meeting in early May and will immediately be tasked with making secretive recommendations to keep AI technology safe in essential services. The goal is to create a platform for DHS, the “critical infrastructure community,” and AI leaders to share information on AI-related security risks.
In the year With artificial intelligence entering the mainstream by 2023, world leaders will be scrambling to come up with regulations to deal with the new technology. In January, the World Economic Forum (WEF) listed artificial intelligence and quantum computing as one of the most pressing global threats.
Following the issuance of the executive order in October 2023, the Biden administration announced the launch of the US AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC), which includes many of the names joining the DHS initiative.
In addition to national security concerns, AI developers — including Google, Meta and OpenAI — joined nonprofits Thorn and All Tech is Human on Tuesday in pledging to enforce safeguards around their own AI models to prevent them from being used to create them. Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). CSAM was the focus of a new letter sent by Sen. Elizabeth Warren to DHS and the Department of Justice.
Edited by Ryan Ozawa.
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