Now, tasks have been set for those responsible for fueling the current AI boom advising the U.S. government on the unthreatening implementation of this technology in critical infrastructure.
They include OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang almost two dozen technology and business leaders, scientists, public officials and civil rights leaders join the government’s Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Council. Board members will advise the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on how to prevent harm when deploying artificial intelligence in critical infrastructure such as the power grid and transportation. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will chair the council.
Below are the remaining inaugural members of the fresh AI Safety Council.
Tech
As mentioned above, Altmanwhose ChatGPT launched a fierce, continuous race of generative artificial intelligence, and Huang, whose company designs chips that power leading artificial intelligence models, will serve on the board along with other CTOs, including the co-founder and CEO of AI startup Anthropic Dariusz AmodeiCEO and president of Microsoft Satya Nadellaand CEO of Alphabet Sundar Pichai. Among others:
- Rumman ChowdhuryCEO of Humane-Intelligence, a nonprofit that works with companies developing consumer-facing AI products to review your models for safety and ethics
- Arvind Krishnachairman and CEO of technology pioneer IBM
- Lisa Su, president and CEO of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
- Adam SelipskiCEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), which provides Bedrock, a cloud-based service where tens of thousands of companies build and scale generative AI applications
- Shantanu Narayenapresident and CEO of Adobe
- Chuck RobbinsChairman and CEO of Cisco and Chairman of the Business Roundtable, a non-profit lobbyists association consisting of U.S. chief executive officers
Business
The Biden administration has also sought board members whose companies are implementing AI-based technology in their operations, including the CEO of Delta Air Lines Ed Bastian. Others include:
- Kathy Sentinelchairman, president and chief executive officer of Northrop Grumman, an aerospace and defense technology company developed and implemented AI and machine learning (ML) solutions. to its air and space systems, it says, “are crucial to our national security”
- Vicki Hollubpresident and CEO of Occidental Petroleum, an oil and gas exploration and production company
Public office
- Arati Prabhakaradirector of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and assistant to President Joe Biden for science and technology
- Bruce HarrellMayor of Seattle and Chairman of the Technology and Innovation Committee of the United States Conference of Mayors
- Wes MooreGovernor of Maryland
Academy
- Fei-Fei Lisome Artificial intelligence researcherco-director of the Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Institute, former director of Stanford’s AI Lab, former vice president and chief scientist for AI/ML at Google and Google Cloud, and co-founder and chairman of the nonprofit AI4ALL
- Nicole Turner Leesenior fellow and director of the Brookings Institution Center for Technology Innovation, who conducts research on technology development in the USA and around the world
