Biden Signs Sweeping Executive Order Regulating Artificial Intelligence
- Industry urged to boost privacy, security of AI systems
- Government to assist with creating AI ‘watermarking’ standards
Joe Biden
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President Joe Biden signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that establishes standards for security and privacy protections and requires developers to safety-test new models — casting it as necessary regulation for the emerging technology.
“To realize the promise of AI and avoid the risk, we need to govern this technology,” Biden said at a White House event Monday, detailing his most significant action yet on a technology whose practical applications and public use have skyrocketed in recent months.