‘Voluntary’ commitment includes ensuring public systems don’t pose threat to mankind
US tech giants including Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta and OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, have pledged to promote transparency and safety around artificial intelligence (AI) in a deal with Joe Biden.
The White House said the “voluntary” pledge will ask technology companies to ensure rigorous testing before their AI chatbots are made available to the public, while also building systems that prevent AI-powered fraud.
The seven signatories include Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Facebook-owner Meta, and OpenAI, which has fuelled a new AI arms race in the tech sector with its bot ChatGPT.
President Biden will meet on Friday with technology leaders, including Sir Nick Clegg, the former deputy prime minister and Meta’s global affairs lead, at the White House for a “frank discussion” about AI’s dangers.