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Sam Altman, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella and 19 others in US AI advisory board, check list

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2 min read | Updated on April 29, 2024, 09:26 IST

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In its threat assessment for 2024, the US Department of Homeland Security warned the public regarding threats of AI-assisted tools to economic security and critical infrastructure. It also included that countries, including China, are developing "other AI technologies that could undermine US cyber defences, including generative AI programs that support malicious activity such as malware attacks".

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The US AI advisory board will help the DHS respond to rapid emergence of AI technology.

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced a board that will guide the government on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on critical infrastructure. The board members include OpenAI Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sam Altman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft CEO and Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang, among others.

The board will provide advice to "help critical infrastructure stakeholders, such as transportation service providers, pipeline and power grid operators, and internet service providers, more responsibly leverage AI technologies," DHS said in a release.

US AI advisory board members; check list

  • Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
  • Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
  • IBM CEO Arvind Krishna
  • Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
  • Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen
  • Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai
  • Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky
  • Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su
  • Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins
  • Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub
  • Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian
  • Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell
  • Maryland Governor Wes Moore
  • Humane Intelligence CEO Rumman Chowdhury
  • Center for Democracy and Technology CEO Alexandra Reeve Givens
  • Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law President Damon Hewitt
  • Stanford Human-centered Artificial Intelligence Institute Co-Director Fei-Fei Li
  • Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Arati Prabhakar
  • Brookings Senior Fellow Dr Nicol Turner Lee
  • Northrop Grumman Kathy Warden
  • The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights CEO Maya Wiley

"Artificial Intelligence is a transformative technology that can advance our national interests in unprecedented ways. At the same time, it presents real risks— risks that we can mitigate by adopting best practices and taking other studied, concrete actions," said DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

In its threat assessment 2024, DHS warned the public regarding threats of AI-assisted tools to economic security and critical infrastructure. It also included that countries, including the People's Republic of China, are developing "other AI technologies that could undermine US cyber defences, including generative AI programs that support malicious activity such as malware attacks".

The board will help the DHS respond to AI technology's rapid emergence.

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