By Creating Skynet: Biden Signs Memorandum on AI for Pentagon and Boosts Cybersecurity Measures
by Jacob M. Thompson | Winepress News
Last week, President Joe Biden signed a memorandum that places certain controls on the use of artificial intelligence for the Department of Defense (DoD), along with bolstering cybersecurity measures amidst growing tensions with other countries such as China.
The Biden-Harris White House published a fact sheet on October 24th detailing this first of its kind memorandum:
Today, President Biden is issuing the first-ever National Security Memorandum (NSM) on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The NSM’s fundamental premise is that advances at the frontier of AI will have significant implications for national security and foreign policy in the near future. The NSM builds on key steps the President and Vice President have taken to drive the safe, secure, and trustworthy development of AI, including President Biden’s landmark Executive Order to ensure that America leads the way in seizing the promise and managing the risks of AI.
The NSM directs the U.S. Government to implement concrete and impactful steps to (1) ensure that the United States leads the world’s development of safe, secure, and trustworthy AI; (2) harness cutting-edge AI technologies to advance the U.S. Government’s national security mission; and (3) advance international consensus and governance around AI.
The NSM is designed to galvanize federal government adoption of AI to advance the national security mission, including by ensuring that such adoption reflects democratic values and protects human rights, civil rights, civil liberties and privacy. In addition, the NSM seeks to shape international norms around AI use to reflect those same democratic values, and directs actions to track and counter adversary development and use of AI for national security purposes. Read Full Article >
