Security News > 2021 > July > US to Seek Global Rules on AI misuse, Blinken Says
The United States will seek global rules on how to prevent misuse of artificial intelligence, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday, as he renewed warnings against Russia over hacking.
Speaking at a conference on emerging technologies, the top US diplomat voiced alarm that a growing number of authoritarian states led by China are using the internet as well as new technologies to curb dissent and exert greater control.
"So the world is at a tipping point. And our choice is between giving up on our vision for the internet - or stepping up the fight. We will step up the fight," Blinken said.
President Joe Biden said he warned his counterpart Vladimir Putin in a telephone call on Friday that the United States would take action - a message reiterated by Blinken.
"If they're going to be used as part of our national defense, we want the world to have a shared understanding of how to do that responsibly - in the same way that we've hammered out rules for how to use conventional and nuclear weapons," Blinken said.
Blinken said he was had ordered recommendations on how the State Department can focus better on technology, saying he was determined to leave his successor "With strong capabilities in cyber and tech diplomacy."