Biden said his actions encourage “responsible innovation” in AI.
Friday, President Biden said that his White House would keep putting out executive actions to regulate and guide the use of AI, but he also said that these actions wouldn’t eliminate the need for Congress to pass AI laws.
“These commitments are a good start, but we still have a lot of work to do together,” Biden said at the White House when he announced that seven companies working on AI would follow a set of optional rules meant to make AI systems that are safe, private, and trustworthy.
“To get the benefits of AI while keeping the risks in check, we will need new laws, rules, and oversight,” Biden said. “In the coming weeks, I’ll keep taking executive actions to help make America the leader in responsible innovation.”
“And we’ll work with both sides to make sure we have the right laws and rules,” he said.
Biden said he had already explained why Congress needs to take steps to ensure AI is used responsibly, and he went over his goals from the White House.
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“Congress needs to pass bipartisan laws that put strict limits on the collection of personal information, ban targeted ads to children, and require companies to put health and safety first,” he said.
He thanked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., for prioritizing AI regulation, even though Congress hasn’t passed anything close to a sweeping bill putting rules on the new sector.
Schumer has said that he still wants senators to hold listening meetings later this fall and write an AI bill afterward. This shows that the Senate effort could take until next year. The House is also far from having a complete statement on AI. However, the Senate and the House are working on AI in small ways by putting some rules and standards in the yearly defense policy bill.
For example, the version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that the House of Representatives passed tells the Pentagon to look closely at its exposure to foreign AI systems. It also means the military to study AI or start using it as part of U.S. defense.
The Senate is also working on its version of the NDAA and is thinking about ideas like a “bug bounty” program that would incentivize defense officials to find flaws in AI systems so they can be fixed. Some people also want to add words that will help the government learn more about its current AI powers and give Congress an idea of where it wants to go with how it uses AI.
Friday at the White House, Biden talked about how AI is about to speed up the rate of technological change.
“We’ll see more changes in technology in the next 10 years, or even in the next few years, than we’ve seen in the last 50 years,” he said.
Biden also said that the U.S. needs to be careful to ensure AI is controlled to be used to make good things happen. This idea is part of the rules the White House put out on Friday.
The rules said, “The companies agree to build and use advanced AI systems to help solve society’s biggest problems.” “From preventing cancer to slowing down climate change and a lot in between, AI can make a huge difference in the prosperity, equality, and safety of everyone if it is managed well.”
