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US Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday met with the CEOs of several tech firms to discuss the risks associated with artificial intelligence as the White House announced a series of initiatives aimed at addressing those challenges.
During a two-hour meeting at the White House, Harris met with the leaders of Google, Microsoft, ChatGPT maker OpenAI and AI startup Anthropic. President Joe Biden also made a brief visit to the meeting.
« What you’re doing has enormous potential and enormous danger, » Biden told the CEOs, according to a video posted to his Twitter account.
The meeting represented the first AI summit at the White House since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November focused the public’s attention on generative AI, a powerful tool that mimics humans’ ability to write software, hold conversations and compose poetry. The technology has also raised concerns about how it might spread misinformation and eliminate jobs.
« The private sector has an ethical, moral and legal responsibility to ensure the safety and security of their products, » Harris said in a statement.
