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White House AI Task Force Aims to Avoid Overregulation
The White House has set up a task force to study artificial intelligence (AI), weighing both its risks and its benefits. According to The Economic Times (ETtech), task force leader Jay Clayton told the Wall Street Journal the group wants to avoid rules so strict they slow down innovation in the field. The task force's official charter says it will prepare plans for how the government should respond to developments in AI. The move matters because it signals how the US government may balance safety concerns against the pace of AI development, a question being watched closely by companies, researchers and regulators worldwide as the technology spreads into more industries.
Words to know
- Artificial intelligence (AI)
- — Computer systems that can perform tasks normally needing human thinking, like understanding language or solving problems.
- Task force
- — A group formed temporarily to study a specific issue and recommend action.
- Overregulation
- — Imposing excessive rules that can unintentionally slow progress or innovation.
- Charter
- — An official document that sets out a group's purpose and planned responsibilities.
- Innovation
- — The process of creating new ideas, methods or technologies.
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