8 More Companies Pledge To Make A.I. Safe, White House Says

The White House announced Tuesday that eight more artificial intelligence companies have voluntarily pledged to meet standards for safety, security and trust in the rapidly evolving technology.

Companies include Adobe, IBM, Palantir, Nvidia, and Salesforce. They join Amazon, Anthroponic, Google, Inflection AI, Microsoft and OpenAI, which launched industry-led conservation efforts with an announcement at the White House in July. The company has implemented testing and other safety measures, which are not regulatory and are not enforced by the government.

After OpenAI launched its powerful ChatGPT chatbot last year, AI warfare has become commonplace. Technology is under intense scrutiny due to its impact on human work, the spread of misinformation, and the development of intelligence. As a result, lawmakers and regulators in Washington are increasingly debating how to tackle artificial intelligence

Microsoft President Brad Smith and NVIDIA Chief Scientist William Daly testified Tuesday at a hearing on artificial intelligence regulation held by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law. Elon Musk, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI's Sam Altman and Google's Sundar Pichai will join 10 tech executives in a closed-door AI summit with lawmakers in New York's Democratic Party leader, Sen. Chuck Schumer, on Wednesday.

“The President has been clear: Leverage the benefits of AI, manage the risks, and move fast, very fast,” White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients said in a statement about the eight companies that have pledged to implement AI safety standards. To achieve this, we work closely with the private sector and use all means.

The two companies agreed to use watermarks to test future product security risks and ensure that consumers can see content generated by artificial intelligence. They also agreed to share information about security issues in the industry and report potential bias in their systems.

Some civil society groups have complained about the influential role that technology companies play in discussions about AI regulation.

Murphy Hickok, president of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Policy, a nonprofit think tank, “has more than just resources and influence over policymakers.” “Their voices cannot be prioritized over those of civil society.”

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