Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke highly of AI’s impact on the world, but only if the tech was equally available.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke highly of AI’s impact on the world, but only if the tech was equally available.
At the US State Department’s safe and trustworthy AI event during the UN General Assembly 79 in New York, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken took the stage with Big Tech leaders on Monday to announce over $100 million in investment bringing AI technologies to developing countries.
Blinken discussed how countries most impacted by global challenges also deserve to have easy access to AI to help solve major problems. The State Department — along with OpenAI, Microsoft, IBM, Amazon, Google, Meta, Nvidia and Anthropic — committed to advancing AI technology and availability to countries in the Global South. This initiative means AI training for individuals and businesses, as well as the opening of data centers, plus access to discounted hardware and computer resources to help people achieve their goals.
For Blinken, investing in AI around the world isn’t only a moral imperative, but a security requirement as well.
