The US White House said that the CEOs of Alphabet, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic will meet on Thursday, May 4, 2023, with Vice President Kamala Harris and senior administrative officials to discuss key issues related to artificial intelligence.
A White House official, who did not want to be named, told Reuters that the meeting would be attended by Jeff Zients, President Joe Biden's chief of staff, Bruce Reed, deputy chief of staff, national security adviser Jake Sullivan, National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and others.
Biden's call for tech CEOs carried a note: "The president expects that companies like yours should make sure their products are safe before making them available to the public."
The administration's concerns about fast-growing artificial intelligence technology include privacy violations, bias, and fears that fraud and disinformation could spread.
Biden said in April that it was not yet clear whether AI was dangerous, but stressed that tech companies have a responsibility to ensure the safety of their products, noting that social networks have already shown the damage that powerful technologies can do in the absence of proper safeguards and monitoring.
AI Chat GPT has attracted the attention of U.S. lawmakers and grown in popularity to become history's fastest-growing consumer app (Getty Images)
The administration is also seeking public proposals on accountability and follow-up measures for AI systems, as concerns grow about their impact on national security and education.
Lawmakers from the White House House Domestic Policy Council and the Office of Science and Technology Policy on Monday published a blog that turns technology into a serious risk to workers.
More recently, the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT has captured the public's attention for its ability to write quick answers to a wide range of queries, attracting the attention of US lawmakers in particular as it has grown in popularity to become the fastest-growing consumer app in history with more than 100 million monthly active users.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a television interview last month: "I think we should be careful with AI, and that there should be some government oversight because it's a risk to the public."