US President Joe Biden discussed the potential risks of artificial intelligence (AI), which is developing at full speed, during a meeting with advisers on Tuesday.
This technology could help deal with “very serious challenges, like disease and climate change,” the Democrat told experts at the White House Council on Science and Technology.
Set “hard limits”
“In my opinion, technology companies need to make sure their products are secure,” Joe Biden summed up. “Without safeguards, we see what the consequences are for mental health and self-image.”
Social networks are regularly accused of harming the mental health of their youngest users, for example, leading them to compare themselves to the perfect images that flood these platforms.
The Democratic president again called on Congress to set “strict limits” on personal data collected by technology groups and to ban advertising directed at children.
American companies are at the forefront of the booming AI industry. In late March, Elon Musk and hundreds of world experts called for a six-month pause on artificial intelligence research.
In an open letter, they spoke in particular of “great risks for humanity”.
Source: BFM TV
