The Vice President’s trip to the United Kingdom builds on her long record of leadership to confront the challenges and seize the opportunities of advanced technology. In May, she convened the CEOs of companies at the forefront of AI innovation, resulting in voluntary commitments from 15 leading AI companies to help move toward safe, secure, and transparent development of AI technology. In July, the Vice President convened consumer protection, labor, and civil rights leaders to discuss the risks related to AI and to underscore that it is a false choice to suggest America can either advance innovation or protect consumers’ rights.
As part of her visit to the United Kingdom, the Vice President is announcing the following initiatives.
The United States AI Safety Institute: The Biden-Harris Administration, through the Department of Commerce, is establishing the United States AI Safety Institute (US AISI) inside NIST. …
Harris was the one personally behind the voluntary AI safety commitments of July 2023. Here’s a press release from the White House:
See also Foreign Policy’s piece Kamala Harris’s Record as the Biden Administration’s AI Czar