Biden's Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI

President Biden has issued an executive order addressing the safe, secure, and trustworthy use of artificial intelligence (AI). The order acknowledges the potential existential threats of AI, such as AI-enabled cyber attacks and AI-generated bio weapons, and emphasizes the need for robust AI policies and regulations. The order includes provisions for examining the risks and benefits of open-source AI, addressing bias and ethics concerns, fostering AI education and workforce readiness, establishing national AI research institutes, and developing international frameworks for managing AI risks. Notably, the order introduces the consideration of compute consumption during AI model training, suggesting the possibility of regulations based on training compute thresholds. This executive order points to the US government's recognition of the potential catastrophic risks of AI and the need for proactive measures to ensure safe and responsible AI development and deployment.