AI companies have ‘moral’ responsibility to protect users: White House

WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris informed CEOs of main tech corporations at a gathering Thursday that they’ve a “ethical” duty to guard society from the potential risks of synthetic intelligence.
“As I shared as we speak with CEOs of corporations on the forefront of American AI innovation, the non-public sector has an moral, ethical, and obligation to make sure the protection and safety of their merchandise,” Harris stated in a press release.
The vice chairman, who met on the White Home with chief executives from Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic, stated AI has “potential to enhance folks’s lives and sort out a few of society’s largest challenges.”
“On the identical time,” she warned, “AI has the potential to dramatically improve threats to security and safety, infringe civil rights and privateness, and erode public belief and religion in democracy.”
Harris stated that she and President Joe Biden, who briefly dropped by the assembly, again “advancing potential new rules and supporting new laws.”