The potential danger posed by artificial intelligence systems has been concerning many people, leading Google’s top AI researcher Geoffrey Hinton to leave the company in order to warn the world about the risks of AI. Vice President Kamala Harris met recently with the CEOs of four AI development companies; Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Google’s Sundar Pichai, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei. During the meeting they discussed the growing use of AI and its implications for society, highlighting the need for ethical, trustworthy and responsible innovation.
In response to this, the CEOs of Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face, NVIDIA and Stability AI have all agreed to have their AI systems tested during the annual DEFCON 31 Hacking Conference which is scheduled to take place in August in Las Vegas. The exercise aims to provide useful data to researchers regarding the implications of models and to motivate AI developers to identify and solve any issues their models may have.
In conjunction, The US Office of Management and Budget has created a draft policy guide to inform US citizens on how the government should handle AI and is asking for public comment. Moreover, the National Science Foundation has issued $140 million for the establishment of seven more National AI research institutes, bringing the total to 25.
Microsoft, the world’s leading software company, is responsible for most of the world’s computer technology, both business and consumer versions. Microsoft’s leader, Satya Nadella, is an accomplished engineer and leader, having held the CEO position since 2014. His leadership has been praised for transforming Microsoft into a company that emphasizes cloud computing, as well as open-source and artificial intelligence development.
Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, is an Indian-American engineer who was born and raised in India before attending Stanford University. Before becoming Google’s CEO in 2015, Pichai held various roles at the company and worked on their most popular products such as Chrome and Gmail. His work has been recognised for contributing to Google’s success and driving the development of Artificial Intelligence applications.
