Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and 18 other top executives have joined a US advisory board that will advise the federal government on protecting critical infrastructure such as power grids and airports. and transportation against the threat of artificial intelligence.
The board's mandate includes developing recommendations to “prevent and prepare for AI-related disruptions to critical services that impact national or economic security, public health or safety.” The new body is also tasked with helping DHS “stay ahead of evolving threats.” hostile nation-state actors'.
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said in his speech about the new administration: “Artificial intelligence is a transformative technology that can advance our national interests in unprecedented ways. At the same time, it poses real risks – risks that we can mitigate by adopting best practices and taking other studied, concrete actions.”
“It is not a board that will focus on theory, but rather on practical solutions for the implementation of AI in the daily life of our country… It was very important to bring to the board the main developers of this extremely powerful tool” to fetch. DHS Secretary added.
Who will be on the new AI advisory board?
Apart from the names mentioned above, the AI Advisory Board will be graced by virtually all the major players in the artificial intelligence industry, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and IBM CEO Arvind Krishna. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins, Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky and Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su.
Other board members include Deta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian, Occidental Petroleum Vicki Hollub, Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden, Maryland Governor Wes Moore and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell. The star-studded AI Advisory Board will hold its first meeting in May, and will hold its scheduled future meeting quarterly.
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Published: Apr 28, 2024 4:26 PM IST