Nov. 20 – AI safety summit
High-level American officials hope to address concerns about unregulated artificial intelligence with a?summit planned in San Francisco?beginning?Wednesday.
What’s happened so far? The?International Network of AI Safety Institutes launched in May, when several countries including the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, South Korea and the EU?agreed to align on standards and share resources?regarding harmful use of AI. In September, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the first-ever summit of the network, saying the country is?committed to “pulling every lever” on regulation.?
The impact? This comes at a time when governments are concerned about the ability to use?AI to create election-related forgeries, including?AI-generated photos of Taylor Swift and her fans?showing support for then-candidate Donald Trump, which the president-elect shared on social media. However, opponents argue that too much?regulation might slow innovation of the technology. It’s possible that the Trump administration could take that viewpoint and stop all restrictions on AI in the country.
You can learn more about using AI Safely in Global Security and Risk Intelligence in Cory Bergman's presentation at OSAC, in this quick blog post and in Bergman's white paper "A practical guide for generative AI in risk intelligence."
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