In doing so, the US is leap frogging over other states in the race to rule over AI. Europe previously led the way with itsThe presidential executive order is a grab bag of initiatives for regulating AI – some of which are good, and others which seem rather half-baked. It aims to address harms ranging from the immediate, such as AI-generated deepfakes, through to intermediate harms such as job losses, to longer-term harms such as the much-disputed existential threat AI may pose to humans.
that means companies must tell the government about the large scale AI systems they're developing and share rigorous independent test results to prove they pose no national security or safety risk to the American people.At the same time, the order fails to address a number of pressing issues.
And what about protecting elections from AI-powered weapons of mass persuasion? A number of outlets have reported on how the recent election in Slovakia may haveUnless strict controls are implemented, we risk living in an age where nothing you see or hear online can be trusted. If this sounds like an exaggeration, consider that the US Republican Party has alreadyMany of the initiatives in the executive order could and should be replicated elsewhere, including Australia.
AI has controversially been used for such applications in Australia, too, such as in the Suspect Targeting Management Plan used to monitor youths