Microsoft president lays out proposal for regulation of artificial intelligence
Christopher Hutton
Video Embed
Microsoft President Brad Smith laid out proposals for governments to regulate the quickly growing market of artificial intelligence-powered technology, adding to other recent industry calls for rules.
Smith proposed a five-point plan for governing AI in a Thursday blog post, adding to recent calls for regulations from OpenAI’s founder and Google’s former CEO.
BIDEN AND REPUBLICANS BLAME EACH OTHER FOR DEFAULT THEY INSIST WON’T HAPPEN
“No government is above the law,” Smith wrote. “No company is above the law, and no product or technology should be above the law. This leads to a critical conclusion: People who design and operate AI systems cannot be accountable unless their decisions and actions are subject to the rule of law.”
Smith laid out a five-point plan of the priorities for governments:
Implement and build upon new government-led AI safety frameworks. Require effective safety brakes for AI systems that control critical infrastructure. Develop a broad legal and regulatory framework based on the technology architecture for AI. Promote transparency and ensure academic and nonprofit access to AI. Pursue new public-private partnerships to use AI as an effective tool to address the inevitable societal challenges that come with new technology.
Microsoft recently invested more than $10 billion in OpenAI and has incorporated a version of ChatGPT into its search engine and web browser.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday that he viewed AI-powered technology as an “existential risk” that could get “many, many, many, many people harmed or killed.”
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in March that it was good for the public to be a “little scared” of ChatGPT. Altman has pushed for national and international regulators to track the technology’s development.
In Congress, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) has introduced legislation to create a task force investigating AI policies and their effect on civil liberties.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) previously announced he was working on legislation with experts that would regulate AI in a manner acceptable to Republicans and Democrats.
A majority of people say AI poses a threat to humanity, according to a May 17 Ipsos/Reuters poll.