AI companies have moral responsibility to protect users: W.House

AI companies have moral responsibility to protect users: W.House

US Vice President Kamala Harris advised CEOs of main tech corporations at a gathering Thursday that they’ve a “moral” accountability to guard society from the potential risks of synthetic intelligence.

“As I shared today with CEOs of companies at the forefront of American AI innovation, the private sector has an ethical, moral, and legal responsibility to ensure the safety and security of their products,” Harris mentioned in an announcement.

The vp, who met on the White House with chief executives from Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic, mentioned AI has “potential to improve people’s lives and tackle some of society’s biggest challenges.”

“At the same time,” she warned, “AI has the potential to dramatically increase threats to safety and security, infringe civil rights and privacy, and erode public trust and faith in democracy.”

Harris mentioned that she and President Joe Biden, who briefly dropped by the assembly, again “advancing potential new regulations and supporting new legislation.”

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