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☆ Elizabeth Kelly, AI Safety Institute Director, Sets AI Safety Standards
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Rosalie Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Kelly directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology's recently created US AI Safety Institute, a group of top computer scientists and ethicists tasked with studying and addressing AI risks, particularly in relation to areas of national security, civil rights, and general public safety. It's expected to introduce testing standards for AI developers to make sure their systems are safe. Kelly, part of Business Insider's 2024 AI Power List, helped shape President Joe Biden's technology policy and assisted in drafting his executive order last year that focused on issues related to AI safety. Before that, Kelly was a special assistant to the president of the National Economic Council, where she led efforts in technology policy, including in AI. See Business Insider's full AI Power List

Persons: Kelly, Joe Biden's Organizations: National Institute of Standards, Safety Institute, National Economic Council, Capital

☆ OSTP director Arati Prabhakar shapes AI policy in Biden administration
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Rosalie Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Prabhakar, part of Business Insider's 2024 AI Power List, has headed the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy since 2022. In her role, she advises President Joe Biden on science and technology with a particular focus on AI's risks and benefits. Previously, she was the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and was the first woman to lead the National Institute of Standards and Technology. She also founded the nonprofit Actuate, which manages research to solve societal challenges. See Business Insider's full AI Power List

Persons: Prabhakar, Joe Biden Organizations: White, Office of Science, Technology, Defense, Research Projects Agency, National Institute of Standards, Research, US Venture Partners

☆ A tech leader at Accenture shares how AI and cloud tools in the public sector can evolve with regulation: 'It's still the Wild West'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Matthew S. Smith | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Greiner opened up about the evolution of cloud technology and generative AI in the public sector. What's the current demand for AI, particularly generative AI, in the public sector? Cloud went through a similar process, and I think lessons were learned that are now applied to generative AI. Can you provide examples of how generative AI is deployed in the public sector? Are general attitudes toward generative AI receptive or cautious in the public sector?

Persons: Tom Greiner, Accenture's, Greiner, —, we've, they've, there's, We've, Cloud, it's Organizations: Service, Accenture, Department of Homeland Security, Business, Data, National Institute of Standards, Technology, It's, NIST, Excellence, District of Columbia Department of Health, Amazon Web Locations: Europe, United States, Germany

☆ OpenAI, Anthropic and Google execs meet with White House to talk AI energy and data centers
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Leaders at OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft , Google and several American power and utility companies met Thursday at the White House to discuss the future of artificial intelligence energy infrastructure in the U.S., sources familiar with the meeting told CNBC. An OpenAI spokesperson told CNBC that the company believes building additional infrastructure in the U.S. is critical to the country's industrial policy and economic future. by ensuring data-centers are built in the United States while ensuring the technology is developed responsibly," White House spokesperson Robyn Patterson told CNBC. White House chief of staff Jeff Zients and White House deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed also attended, according to a source. Anthropic counts Amazon as a leading investor, while OpenAI is heavily backed by Microsoft.

Persons: Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Ruth Porat, OpenAI, Biden, Harris, Joe, Kamala, Robyn Patterson, Gina Raimondo, Jennifer Granholm, Jake Sullivan, Ali Zaidi, Kristine Lucius, John Podesta, Jeff Zients, Bruce Reed, Anthropic, government's Organizations: Microsoft, Google, White, CNBC, CNN, U.S . National, White House, AI Safety, Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards, Technology, Biden Locations: U.S, America, Wisconsin , California , Texas, Pennsylvania, A.I, United States

☆ Nuclear clocks could surpass precision of atomic ones
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

For this nuclear clock, the scientists used ultraviolet light to excite nuclear particles in an atom of thorium-229 embedded in solid crystal. For decades, atomic clocks have been used in GPS technologies, for space exploration and for keeping international time. The study of physics itself could be revolutionized by using nuclear clocks alongside atomic clocks, according to Zhang. “If the nuclear clock and the atomic clock transition frequency ratio is changing over time, it would be an indication of new physics.”Though there is still much progress to be made before nuclear clocks surpass the performance of atomic clocks — or replace them — these findings hint that such a time isn’t far off, Kolkowitz said. “As better UV laser sources are developed and as some of the mysteries and tricks of nuclear clocks get worked out, I expect that eventually some of the kinds of experiments we are currently doing in my lab to test relativity and search for new physics with atomic clocks will instead be performed with nuclear clocks,” Kolkowitz said.

Persons: ”, Chuankun Zhang, Zhang, Olga Kocharovskaya, Kocharovskaya, ” Zhang, Shimon Kolkowitz, Kolkowitz, ” Kolkowitz, What’s, Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, National Institute of Standards, Technology, University of Colorado, Texas, M University, NASA, University of California, Scientific Locations: University of Colorado Boulder, Berkeley

☆ If GPS goes dark, Mesa Quantum has a backup plan
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Cofounded by Mesa Quantum CEO Sristy Agrawal and CTO Wale Lawal in 2023, the company has won a $1.9 million Space Force grant to demonstrate its alternative to GPS technology in military and civilian applications. J2 Ventures cofounder and managing partner, Alex Harstrick, told CNBC his fund backed Mesa Quantum in part because of the founders' extraordinary technical background. Harstrick said his fund hopes that Mesa Quantum will have its first demonstration of mass scale "atomic clocks" (quantum timing sensors) validated by a top-tier semiconductor manufacturing partner" in the next few years. "The U.S. government has established major initiatives to spur innovation in this area and is seeking to purchase a million quantum sensors each year -- if they can simply be mass-produced," she explained. With its grant funding and seed round in place, Agrawal said, Mesa Quantum will look to grow its team in Boulder, especially hiring atomic molecular and optical physicists, engineers and manufacturing experts this year.

Persons: Truckers, Sristy Agrawal, Wale Lawal, Alex Harstrick, Agrawal, Lawal, Harstrick, He's, that's Organizations: GPS, Mesa Quantum, Space Force, J2 Ventures, CNBC, University of Colorado, National Institute of Standards, Technology, U.S . Air Force Academy, Rice University, Harvard, Mesa Quantum's Locations: Sao Paolo, Brazil, Richmond , Vermont, Ukraine, Boulder , Colorado, Boston, U.S, Boulder

The GOP’s 2024 party platform calls for the repeal of President Joe Biden’s executive order on AI, which Republicans say "hinders AI innovation." Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to NBC News from the balcony of his Capitol office on Thursday, Aug. 1. “We have lots of AI proposals in the defense bill because AI has national security concerns,” Schumer told NBC News. It would require federal agencies to assess the potential risks of using AI before purchasing or deploying AI systems. But it also has real problems,” Schumer said, referring to the Future of AI bill.

Persons: Chuck Schumer, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Schumer, Trump, ” Schumer, ”, “ We’re, “, Joe Biden’s, “ Donald Trump, Frank Thorp V, TikTok, Sen, Mitt Romney, Brian Schatz, chatbot ChapGPT, Schumer —, —, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Martin Heinrich, Todd Young, Mike Rounds, Rounds, ” Rounds, Gary Peters, Thom Tillis Organizations: New, New York Democrat, NBC News, Republican, Democratic, Republicans, NBC, Big Tech, National Defense, Senate, 118th, National Institute of Standards, Technology, NIST, Senate Homeland Security, Star Locations: WASHINGTON, Harris, New York, eyeing, Republic, Congress, China, U.S, R, Utah, Hawaii, Sens

☆ Amazon, Best Buy, Google may soon sell home smart devices with 'hacker-safe' label
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Bob Woods | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

"Once a manufacturer receives certification for the Trust Mark, they will need additional time to retool their packaging, as well as shipping updated products from the manufacturer to retailers," he said. In 2024, according to research firm Statista, nearly 70 million homes in the U.S. are actively using smart devices, up more than 10% from last year. Staffers from Consumer Reports attended a White House meeting during which the Cyber Trust Mark program was announced. Barry Mainz, CEO of Forescout Technologies, a cybersecurity provider, says he is a big fan of the Cyber Trust Mark. Steps to take now to protect your home internetThere are actions consumers can take right now, before the Cyber Trust Mark program kicks in, to harden their cybersecurity.

Persons: Biden, Jessica Rosenworcel, Nicholas Leiserson, David Grossman, What's, Stacey Higginbotham, Higginbotham, Grossman, Barry Mainz, Mark — Organizations: Federal Drug Administration, National, Traffic Safety Administration, National Institute of Standards, Technology, NIST, Federal Communications Commission, U.S . Cyber, Energy Star, Cyber, Energy, Google, LG Electronics, Logitech, Samsung Electronics, FCC, Auburn University's, Institute, Consumer Technology Association, Park Associates, Consumer Reports, White, Survey, Consumer, Forescout Technologies Locations: U.S, Washington, Mainz

☆ NASA isn’t just creating a lunar time zone. It’s establishing an entirely new time scale
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

They’re also going to be communicating with one another or driving their moon buggies while on the lunar surface. Lunar clockworkWhat scientists know for certain is that they need to get precision timekeeping instruments to the moon. Exactly who pays for lunar clocks, which type of clocks will go, and where they’ll be positioned are all questions that remain up in the air, Gramling said. Focke Strangmann/APThe new time scale would underpin an entire lunar network, which NASA and its allies have dubbed LunaNet. But how future astronauts living and working on the lunar surface will experience time is a different question entirely.

Persons: aren’t, Cheryl Gramling, NASA’s, Gramling, Omer Tarsuslu, They’re, ” Gramling, Albert Einstein, Paco, Sao, Sundials, —, ”, Bruce Betts, Kevin Coggins, you’ve, ” Coggins, “, Bijunath, Patla, ” Patla, Focke Strangmann, It’s, “ It’s, Betts, Artemis III, Arizona State University “ It’ll Organizations: CNN, NASA, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight, Getty, White, Astronauts, Planetary Society, NASA’s Space Communications, Navigation, US National Institute of Standards, Technology, Vehicles, Physical, National, European Space Agency, International Astronomical Union, Reconnaissance, Arizona State University Locations: United States, China, Maryland, Kars, Turkey, Anadolu, German, Sao Miguel, Evora , Portugal, Germany, Malapert Massif

☆ Human activities are changing Earth's spin so much that it might affect how we keep time
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Polar ice melt driven by climate change is affecting Earth's rotation, according to new research. A human-driven change in the Earth's rotation has never been seen before, and may affect computing. DrPixel/Getty ImagesDon't worry — this change in Earth's rotation won't be catastrophic. Denis Tangney Jr./Getty ImagesAs a result, scientists predict that we would need the first-ever negative leap second by 2026. iStock / Getty Images PlusThere are three main mechanisms that control the Earth's spin:One is tidal friction, or the interaction between moving ocean water and the ocean floor, which slows Earth's rotation.

Persons: Duncan Agnew, what's, Denis Tangney Jr, Felicitas Arias, Judah Levine, Agnew, Andres Forza, you've Organizations: Service, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, International Bureau, Time Department, National Institute of Standards, Technology, Washington Post, Northern, Reuters, CNN Locations: Wellesley , Massachusetts, Needham, Northern Canada, Scandinavia, Argentina

Clocks may have to skip a second — called a “negative leap second” — around 2029, a study in the journal Nature said Wednesday. “We are headed toward a negative leap second," said Dennis McCarthy, retired director of time for the U.S. Without the effect of melting ice, Earth would need that negative leap second in 2026 instead of 2029, Agnew calculated. In 2012, some computer systems mishandled the leap second, causing problems for Reddit, Linux, Qantas Airlines and others, experts said. Then add in the “weird” effect of subtracting, not adding a leap second, Agnew said.

Persons: ”, Duncan Agnew, “ It’s, Agnew, Dennis McCarthy, Judah Levine, McCarthy, timekeepers, ” Levine, ” McCarthy, Levine, “, It’s, it’s, ___ Read, Seth Borenstein Organizations: Nature, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, U.S . Naval, National Institute of Standards, Technology, “, Linux, Qantas Airlines, Tech, Google, Amazon, Associated Press Locations: San Diego, AP.org

☆ Joy Buolamwini's 'Unmasking AI' unearths the bias in AI technologies and aims to hold Big Tech to account
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Monica Melton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Business Insider reviewed "Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines." Readers come away understanding AI, how it can perpetuate bias, and what we can do about it. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Buolamwini especially documents the coded gaze applied to facial recognition AI technologies, which serve as the subject for much of Buolamwini's research. There, 90% of tenants were people of color, mostly women and older adults — all groups that facial recognition has been scientifically proven to be less accurate on.

Persons: Joy Buolamwini, —, Buolamwini, flexes, Joe Biden, it's, Buolamwini's, Simone Biles, Let's Organizations: Service, MIT, Business, Georgia Tech, Economic, National Institute of Standards, Technology Locations: Mississippi, Ghanaian, Brooklyn, Davos

☆ AI lobbying spikes nearly 200% as calls for regulation surge
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The spike in AI lobbying comes amid growing calls for AI regulation and the Biden administration's push to begin codifying those rules. Until 2017, the number of organizations that reported AI lobbying stayed in the single digits, per the analysis, but the practice has grown slowly but surely in the years since, exploding in 2023. The data showed a range of industries as new entrants to AI lobbying: Chip companies like AMD and TSMC , venture firms like Andreessen Horowitz, biopharmaceutical companies like AstraZeneca, conglomerates like Disney and AI training data companies like Appen. Organizations that reported lobbying on AI issues last year also typically lobby the government on a range of other issues. In its Request for Information, the Institute specifically asked responders to weigh in on developing responsible AI standards, AI red-teaming, managing the risks of generative AI and helping to reduce the risk of "synthetic content" (i.e., misinformation and deepfakes).

Persons: OpenSecrets, Biden, ByteDance, Andreessen Horowitz, government's, — CNBC's Mary Catherine Wellons, Megan Cassella Organizations: CNBC, Spotify, Samsung, Nvidia, Big Tech, AMD, U.S . Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards, Technology, NIST Locations: U.S

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will start implementing a new requirement for the developers of major artificial intelligence systems to disclose their safety test results to the government. Chief among the 90-day goals from the order was a mandate under the Defense Production Act that AI companies share vital information with the Commerce Department, including safety tests. The government's National Institute of Standards and Technology will develop a uniform framework for assessing safety, as part of the order Biden signed in October. The Commerce Department has developed a draft rule on U.S. cloud companies that provide servers to foreign AI developers. The government also has scaled up the hiring of AI experts and data scientists at federal agencies.

Persons: —, Biden, Joe Biden, Ben Buchanan, ” Buchanan, “ We’re, ” Organizations: WASHINGTON, White, AI, Defense, Commerce Department, White House, National Institute of Standards, Technology, European Union, Transportation, Treasury, Health, Human Services

President Joe Biden unveiled a new executive order on artificial intelligence — the U.S. government's first action of its kind — requiring new safety assessments, equity and civil rights guidance and research on AI's impact on the labor market. Working with international partners to implement AI standards around the world. to implement AI standards around the world. It also comes ahead of the an AI safety summit hosted by the U.K.. President Biden's executive order requires that large companies share safety test results with the U.S. government before the official release of AI systems.

Persons: Joe Biden, government's, it's, Staff Bruce Reed, Biden's, Biden Organizations: Calif, White House, Commerce Department, Department of Health, Human Services, House, Staff, U.K, U.S, National Institute of Standards, Commerce, Sunday Locations: San Francisco, U.S, AI.gov

☆ Q&A: White House AI advisor says US is 'catching up' to the tech, as Biden's new executive order demands transparency for the world's biggest AI models
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

President Biden just signed an executive order regarding the development and use of AI technology. The broad executive order touches on more than a dozen possible uses of AI and generative AI that already are, or could in the future, directly impact people's lives. The size threshold is so high that currently most available models do not meet the criteria for further transparency called for in Biden's executive order. Although all of the major tech companies earlier this year agreed to adhere to standards of responsibility and training in their AI work. Do you think AI is in a hype cycle, and everybody's overreacting to what it's going to mean?

Persons: Biden, Ben Buchanan, —, Buchanan, Andrew Bosworth, We're, everybody's, Ben, Kali Hays Organizations: Service, White, Office of Science, Technology, Monday, Meta, Google, Microsoft, National Institute of Standards, Biden White House, Department of Commerce . Technology, Atomic Energy, Defense, EO Locations: United States, khays@insider.com

AI has been a source of deep personal interest for Biden, with its potential to affect the economy and national security. Using the Defense Production Act, the order will require leading AI developers to share safety test results and other information with the government. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is to create standards to ensure AI tools are safe and secure before public release. The official briefed reporters on condition of anonymity, as required by the White House. “He was as impressed and alarmed as anyone,” deputy White House chief of staff Bruce Reed said in an interview.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Jeff Zients, ” Zients, “, ”, Bruce Reed, David, Tom Cruise, Reed, Rishi Sunak, Kamala Harris, ReNika Moore, Suresh Venkatasubramanian, ” Venkatasubramanian Organizations: WASHINGTON, Democratic, National Institute of Standards, Technology, Commerce Department, White, AI, European, Google, Meta, Microsoft, American Civil Liberties Union, Biden Locations: Maine, Israel, San, U.S, European Union, China, Britain, West

Reuters reviewed a confidential draft of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) "guide to AI ethics and governance," whose content has not previously been reported. In contrast to the EU's AI Act, the ASEAN "AI guide" asks companies to take countries' cultural differences into consideration and doesn’t prescribe unacceptable risk categories, according to the current version reviewed. With almost 700 million people and over a thousand ethnic groups and cultures, Southeast Asian countries have widely divergent rules governing censorship, misinformation, public content and hate speech that would likely affect AI regulation. The ASEAN guide advises companies to put in place an AI risk assessment structure and AI governance training, but leaves specifics to companies and local regulators. EU officials and lawmakers told Reuters that the bloc would continue to hold talks with Southeast Asian states to align over broader principles.

Persons: Stephen Braim, Alexandra van Huffelen, Fanny Potkin, Supantha Mukherjee, Panu, Sam Holmes Organizations: Reuters, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN Digital, Companies, IBM, Google, ASEAN, Technology, United States, NIST, U.S . Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards, Meta, Southeast, EU, European Commission, Thomson Locations: SINGAPORE, STOCKHOLM, Thailand, United, Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, Brussels, Singapore, Stockholm, Bangkok

☆ Biden plans to work with world leaders to ensure AI's use as a tool of 'opportunity'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence hold both enormous potential and enormous peril," Biden said at the U.N. on Tuesday. "We need to be sure they're used as tools of opportunity, not as weapons of oppression. The discussion is taking place with the backdrop of an intense competition with China, which is also seeking to be a world leader in the technology. In the meantime, several agencies have asserted their ability to rein in the abuses of AI with existing legal power. The Biden administration has also secured voluntary commitments from leading AI companies to test their tools for security before they release them to the public.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Chuck Schumer, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Schumer, Jeffrey Sachs Organizations: United Nations General Assembly, European Union, National Institute of Standards, Technology, U.S . Department of Commerce Locations: United States, U.S, China, Russia

[1/4] A damaged vehicle is pictured in the fire ravaged town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii, U.S., August 15, 2023. Joseph Schilling, 66, enjoyed hunting for bullet shells and was known by his loved ones for making delicious sugar toast. Both died last week in the wildfires that scorched Maui and were among the first victims identified by authorities and family members in the heart-wrenching days afterward. As names of the dead are shared, an early pattern has emerged: Many who perished were over the age of 65. The other victims identified so far by officials are Melva Benjamin, 71; Robert Dyckman, 74; Buddy Jantoc, 79; Alfredo Galinato, 79; and Virginia Dofa, 90.

Persons: Mike Blake, Donna Gomes, Joseph Schilling, Schilling, Joe, Akiva Bluh, Bluh, Gomes, Tehani Kuhaulua, Benjamin, Robert Dyckman, Buddy Jantoc, Alfredo Galinato, Virginia Dofa, Galinato, KITV, Joshua Galinato, He's, Daniel Trotta, Brendan O'Brien, Don Durfee, Cynthia Osterman, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, U.S . Fire Administration, Research, National Institute of Standards, Technology, Fire Administration, ABC, Thomson Locations: Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, U.S, Virginia

On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced it’s moving to implement a cybersecurity labeling program aimed at helping consumers pick out trustworthy tech products that are rated as more secure than the competition. Products certified under the new program may come with a QR code that links to a national database affirming its participation, the administration added in a release. “This new labeling program would help provide Americans with greater assurances about the cybersecurity of the products they use and rely on in their everyday lives,” the administration said in a statement. “It would also be beneficial for businesses, as it would help differentiate trustworthy products in the marketplace.”The government proposal comes two years after President Joe Biden signed an executive order calling for an “‘energy star’ type of label” for tech products. “Market forces alone were never going to be sufficient to force manufacturers to step up and deliver more secure devices,” he said.

Persons: Biden, it’s, —, cybersecurity, ”, Joe Biden, Dave DeWalt, “ We’ve Organizations: CNN, National Institute of Standards, Technology, NIST, House, Products, Twitter, PayPal, Federal Communications Commission, FCC, Colonial Pipeline, Companies, Amazon, Cisco, Google, LG, Logitech, Samsung, Consumer Technology Association

☆ White House teams with Amazon, Google, and Qualcomm on cyber security labels for gadgets
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

To receive the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, companies will have to follow cybersecurity standards set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), such as requiring strong passwords and software updates. Other agencies across the executive branch also plan to get involved in making connected devices more secure, according to the announcement. For example, the Department of Energy will collaborate with National Labs and industry to create cybersecurity labeling standards for smart meters and power inverters. And the Department of State plans to engage allies in syncing up cybersecurity labeling standards and creating international recognition of such labels. Once completed, the FCC could choose to use the standards to apply the new label to these products as well.

Persons: Biden Organizations: U.S, U.S . Cyber, Federal Communications Commission, Google, LG Electronics, Logitech, Samsung, National Institute of Standards, Technology, NIST, FCC, Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Energy, National Labs, Department of State, CNBC, YouTube Locations: cyberattacks, U.S

☆ US to launch working group on generative AI, address its risks
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) - A U.S. agency will launch a public working group on generative artificial intelligence (AI) to help address the new technology's opportunities while developing guidance to confront its risks, the Commerce Department said on Thursday. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a nonregulatory agency that is part of the Commerce Department, said the working group will draw on technical expert volunteers from the private and public sectors. "This new group is especially timely considering the unprecedented speed, scale and potential impact of generative AI and its potential to revolutionize many industries and society more broadly," NIST Director Laurie Locascio said. Regulators globally have been scrambling to draw up rules governing the use of generative AI, which can create text and images, and whose impact has been compared to that of the internet. Reporting by Rami Ayyub; editing by Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Laurie Locascio, Joe Biden, Rami Ayyub, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Commerce Department, National Institute of Standards, Technology, NIST, Regulators, Thomson Locations: U.S

☆ Samsung among companies starting to draft ChatGPT policies for workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Rachel Curry | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

In May, Samsung banned the use of generative AI tools after the company discovered an employee uploaded sensitive code to ChatGPT. This legal mindset persists, which is one of the reasons Ironclad moved forward with generative AI policy so swiftly. Singh said, "It truly needs to be a multi-stakeholder dialogue," including teams from policy, AI, risk and compliance and legal. Creating a generative AI policy is also a good opportunity for companies to scrutinize all of their technology policies, including implementation, change management, and long-term usage. It can also include using generative AI tools as foundational content for work due to the fact it creates inherent bias.

Persons: Jakub Porzycki, Jason Boehmig, Boehmig, Navrina Singh, Singh, Vince Lynch, Lynch, it's Organizations: Samsung, Nurphoto, Getty, Companies, National AI Advisory, Intelligence, National Institute of Standards, Technology, European Union

Google and OpenAI, two U.S. leaders in artificial intelligence, have opposing ideas about how the technology should be regulated by the government, a new filing reveals. Google is one of the leading developers of generative AI with its chatbot Bard, alongside Microsoft -backed OpenAI with its ChatGPT bot. While OpenAI CEO Sam Altman touted the idea of a new government agency focused on AI to deal with its complexities and license the technology, Google in its filing said it preferred a "multi-layered, multi-stakeholder approach to AI governance." "At the national level, we support a hub-and-spoke approach—with a central agency like the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) informing sectoral regulators overseeing AI implementation—rather than a 'Department of AI,'" Google wrote in its filing. "There is this question of should there be a new agency specifically for AI or not?"

Persons: Bard, Sam Altman, Emily M, Bender, Brad Smith, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, execs, Global Affairs Kent Walker, he's, Helen Toner, OpenAI Organizations: Google, National Telecommunications, Washington Post, Microsoft, National Institute of Standards, Technology, NIST, AI, FDA, University of Washington's Computational, Laboratory, Twitter, International Atomic Energy Agency, Post, Global Affairs, Georgetown's Center for Security, Emerging Technology, CNBC

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