Federal agencies ordered to use ‘most powerful’ AI systems in first-ever National Security Memo on AI

The U.S. National Security Council will merchandise connected Thursday its first-ever memo connected artificial intelligence (AI), ordering national agencies to usage nan "most powerful" AI systems while balancing nan risks associated pinch nan caller technology.

The National Security Memorandum (NSM) specifications nan U.S. attack to harnessing nan powerfulness of AI for nationalist information and overseas argumentation purposes "to guarantee that America leads nan measurement successful seizing nan committedness and managing nan risks of AI," elder management officials said.

"We are directing that nan agencies summation entree to nan astir powerful AI systems and put them to use, which often impact important efforts connected procurement," nan officials said.

The NSM, which was signed by President Biden, serves arsenic nan model for nan AI Safety Institute successful nan Department of Commerce, which already issued guidance connected safe AI improvement and entered into agreements pinch companies to trial caller AI systems earlier they are released publicly.

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The Biden-Harris management connected Thursday issued nan first-ever memo connected artificial intelligence. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images, File)

"This is our nation’s first-ever strategy for harnessing nan powerfulness and managing nan risks of AI to beforehand our nationalist security," national security advisor Jake Sullivan said arsenic he described nan caller argumentation to students during an quality astatine nan National Defense University successful Washington.

U.S. nationalist information advisor Jake Sullivan said nan model will thief nan U.S. harness nan powerfulness of AI while managing nan risks that nan emerging exertion poses. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images, File)

Recent advances successful artificial intelligence person been hailed arsenic perchance transformative for a agelong database of industries and sectors, including military, nationalist information and intelligence.

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But location are risks to nan technology's use by governments, including possibilities it could beryllium harnessed for wide surveillance, cyberattacks aliases moreover lethal autonomous devices.

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The model announced Thursday besides prohibits nationalist information agencies from definite uses, specified arsenic applications that would break constitutionally protected civilian authorities aliases immoderate strategy that would automate nan deployment of nuclear weapons.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.