Biden says it stays to be seen whether or not AI is harmful


WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday mentioned it stays to be seen whether or not synthetic intelligence is harmful, however he underscored that expertise firms have a accountability to make sure their merchandise are secure earlier than making them public.

Biden instructed his science and expertise advisers that AI may assist in addressing illness and local weather change, nevertheless it was additionally necessary to cope with potential dangers.

“Tech firms have a accountability to ensure their merchandise are secure earlier than making them public,” he mentioned at first of a gathering of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Expertise on the White Home. When requested if AI was harmful, he mentioned, “It stays to be seen. May very well be.”

(Reporting by Jeff Mason; writing by Andrea Shalal; Enhancing by Leslie Adler)