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Biden releases AI executive order directing agencies to develop safety guidelines (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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The executive order comes after a series of non-binding agreements with AI companies.

The order has eight goals: to create new standards for AI safety and security, protect privacy, advance equity and civil rights, stand up for consumers, patients, and students, support workers, promote innovation and competition, advance US leadership in AI technologies, and ensure the responsible and effective government use of the technology.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

President Joe Biden signed an executive order providing rules around generative AI, ahead of any legislation coming from lawmakers.

Several government agencies are tasked with creating standards to protect against the use of AI to engineer biological materials, establish best practices around content authentication, and build advanced cybersecurity programs.

The National Institute of Standards and Safety (NIST) will be responsible for developing standards to “red team” AI models before public release, while the Department of Energy and Department of Homeland Security are directed to address the potential threat of AI to infrastructure and the chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and cybersecurity risks.

Developers of large AI models like OpenAI ‘s GPT and Meta’s Llama 2 are required to share safety test results.

It also orders government agencies to provide guidelines for landlords, Federal benefits programs, and contracts on how to prevent AI from exacerbating discrimination.

These were later turned into a series of agreements between the White House and several AI players, including Meta, Google, OpenAI, Nvidia, and Adobe.

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