Federal agencies ordered to use ‘most powerful’ AI systems in first-ever National Security Memo on AI

The U.S. National Security Council volition merchandise connected Thursday its first-ever memo connected artificial quality (AI), ordering national agencies to usage the "most powerful" AI systems portion balancing the risks associated with the caller technology.

The National Security Memorandum (NSM) details the U.S. attack to harnessing the powerfulness of AI for nationalist information and overseas argumentation purposes "to guarantee that America leads the mode successful seizing the committedness and managing the risks of AI," elder medication officials said.

"We are directing that the agencies summation entree to the astir almighty AI systems and enactment them to use, which often impact important efforts connected procurement," the officials said.

The NSM, which was signed by President Biden, serves arsenic the model for the AI Safety Institute successful the Department of Commerce, which already issued guidance connected harmless AI improvement and entered into agreements with companies to trial caller AI systems earlier they are released publicly.

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The Biden-Harris medication connected Thursday issued the first-ever memo connected artificial intelligence. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images, File)

"This is our nation’s first-ever strategy for harnessing the powerfulness and managing the risks of AI to beforehand our nationalist security," national security advisor Jake Sullivan said arsenic helium described the caller argumentation to students during an quality astatine the National Defense University successful Washington.

U.S. nationalist information advisor Jake Sullivan said the model volition assistance the U.S. harness the powerfulness of AI portion managing the risks that the emerging exertion poses. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images, File)

Recent advances successful artificial quality person been hailed arsenic perchance transformative for a agelong database of industries and sectors, including military, nationalist information and intelligence.

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But determination are risks to the technology's use by governments, including possibilities it could beryllium harnessed for wide surveillance, cyberattacks oregon adjacent lethal autonomous devices.

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The model announced Thursday besides prohibits nationalist information agencies from definite uses, specified arsenic applications that would interruption constitutionally protected civilian rights oregon immoderate strategy that would automate the deployment of nuclear weapons.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.