New rules for US national security agencies balance AI’s promise with need to protect against risks

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — New rules from the White House on the use of artificial intelligence by U.S. national security and spy agencies aim to balance the technology’s promise with the need to protect against its risks. The framework signed by President Joe Biden and announced Thursday are designed to ensure that national security agencies access the latest and most powerful AI while also mitigating its misuse. Recent advances in artificial intelligence have been hailed as potentially transformative for a long list of industries and sectors, including military, national security and intelligence. But there are risks to the technology’s use by government, including possibilities it could be harnessed for mass surveillance, cyberattacks or even lethal autonomous devices.