“Companies that are developing these emerging technologies have a responsibility to ensure their products are safe,” the Biden administration said.

Seven major AI companies in the United States, including Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Anthropic, Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Inflection, Meta (NASDAQ: META), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and OpenAI, have voluntarily agreed to implement safeguards for the development of artificial intelligence. These safeguards focus on safety, security, and trust in AI technology. The announcement reflects the companies’ efforts to manage the risks associated with AI while competing to advance its potential. The seven major AI companies met with President Joe Biden on Friday.

“These commitments, which the companies have chosen to undertake immediately, underscore three principles that must be fundamental to the future of AI—safety, security, and trust—and mark a critical step toward developing responsible AI,” the White House said in a statement.

The voluntary commitments include security testing of AI products by independent experts, sharing information with governments to manage risks, implementing watermarks or identifiers for AI-generated content, publicly reporting system capabilities and limitations, and using AI to address societal challenges like cancer and climate change.

These commitments are considered an initial step by the Biden administration to address AI regulation, as more comprehensive legal and regulatory frameworks are being developed globally. However, it remains uncertain how the US government will control the accessibility of AI programs and components to competitors like China.

The voluntary safeguards will not be enforced by government regulators, but the companies hope they will serve as a model for other governments to follow.

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