Security News > 2023 > October > White House Executive Order on AI Provides Guidelines for AI Privacy and Safety

The executive order features wide-ranging guidance on maintaining safety, civil rights and privacy within government agencies while promoting AI innovation and competition throughout the U.S. Although the executive order doesn't specify generative artificial intelligence, it was likely issued in reaction to the proliferation of generative AI, which has become a hot topic since the public release of OpenAI's ChatGPT in November 2022.

Any company developing " any foundation model that poses a serious risk to national security, national economic security, or national public health and safety " must keep the U.S. government informed of their training and red team safety tests, the executive order states.

Responsible and effective government use of AI. The executive order promotes helping federal agencies access AI and hire AI specialists.

The government will issue guidance for agencies' use of AI. Is this AI executive order a law, and how will its guidelines be used?

The executive order on AI security doesn't include revoking the right of any existing AI company to operate, an anonymous senior official from the Biden administration told The Verge.

The U.K. will hold an AI Safety Summit on November 1 and November 2, where international governments will discuss the safety and risks of generative AI. The EU is still working on finalizing its AI Act.

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