CEOs of major US technology companies are joining a new artificial intelligence safety commission to advise the federal government on how to protect the nation’s critical services from “AI-related disruptions.”
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday appointed a new board of directors that includes leaders from major companies in AI development, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. Announced.
While AI has the potential to improve government services, “we recognize the profound debilitating effects that its misuse can have,” Mayorkas told reporters Friday.
The 22-member board also includes the CEOs of Adobe, chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, Delta Air Lines, IBM, Northrop Grumman, Occidental Petroleum and Amazon’s AWS cloud computing unit. Social media companies such as Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaplatform and Elon Musk’s X were not included.
The majority are business executives, but they also include civil rights activists. AI Scientist Feifei Li In addition to leading Stanford University’s AI Research Institute, Mayorkas is a member of two public officials, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, who are talking about harnessing the power of AI and mitigating risk. We are ahead of the curve.”
He said the board will help the Department of Homeland Security stay ahead of evolving threats.
