
The Democratic administration announced an investment of $140 million to establish seven new AI research institutes. The popularity of AI chatbot ChatGPT - even Biden has given it a try, White House officials said Thursday - has sparked a surge of commercial investment in AI tools that can write convincingly human-like text and churn out new images, music and computer code.īut the ease with which it can mimic humans has propelled governments around the world to consider how it could take away jobs, trick people and spread disinformation. "What you're doing has enormous potential and enormous danger," Biden told the CEOs, according to a video posted to his Twitter account. Read more headlines related to science and technology here.

President Joe Biden briefly dropped by the meeting in the White House's Roosevelt Room, saying he hoped the group could "educate us" on what is most needed to protect and advance society.

Vice President Kamala Harris met on Thursday with the heads of Google, Microsoft and two other companies developing artificial intelligence as the Biden administration rolls out initiatives meant to ensure the rapidly evolving technology improves lives without putting people's rights and safety at risk.
