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US President Joe Biden has signed a national security memorandum to guide US military and intelligence agencies on the risks of AI and its responsible use, with the aim of improving America’s edge against rivals such as China while minimising associated dangers.
“This is our nation’s first ever strategy for harnessing the power and managing the risks of AI to advance our national security,” National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan announced at the National Defense University in Washington on Thursday.
“We know that China is building its own technological ecosystem with digital infrastructure that won’t protect sensitive data that can enable can enable mass surveillance and censorship that can spread misinformation, and that can make countries vulnerable to coercion,” he said.
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He warned that the US has “to compete, to provide a more attractive path, ideally before countries go too far down an untrusted road from which it can be expensive and difficult to return”.
Sullivan said the US government was “fully capable of managing this healthy tension, as long as we’re honest and clear-eyed about it, and we have to get this right, because there is probably no other technology that will be more critical to our national security in the years ahead”.
The memorandum, issued on Thursday, encourages the use of artificial intelligence systems while setting restrictions. It bans the use of AI to unlawfully suppress free speech or legal counsel, and in important decisions about nuclear weapons and military action.
The memo also addresses how the US can work with allies on this framework to protect national security, and will include a classified section on dealing with threats from adversaries.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says Washington is “fully capable of managing this healthy tension” regarding global AI governance. Photo: Reuters alt=US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says Washington is “fully capable of managing this healthy tension” regarding global AI governance. Photo: Reuters>
Sullivan highlighted recent US-China engagement on the issue and said Washington was “willing to engage in dialogue” with China and others “to better understand risks and counter misperceptions”.
