Alphabet and Microsoft Are Among Firms Attending White House Meeting on AI Safeguards

  • Biden officials aim to mitigate risks from emerging technology
  • Generative AI has come under scrutiny as popular use explodes
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Vice President Kamala Harris is meeting Thursday with the chief executive officers from top artificial intelligence firms Alphabet Inc., Microsoft Corp., OpenAI Inc., and Anthropic as part of a Biden administration effort to pressure companies to implement safeguards around the emerging technology.

Harris and administration officials plan to tell the corporate leaders that they have a responsibility to mitigate potential harm from AI tools, according to a White House official.