WASHINGTON: The chief executives of Alpha­bet Inc’s Google, Micro­soft, OpenAI and Anthro­pic will attend a White House meeting on Thurs­day with Vice President Kamala Harris and other administration officials on key artificial intelligence issues, a White House official said on Tuesday.

The invitation to the CEOs noted President Joe Biden’s “expectation that com­panies like yours must make sure their products are safe before making them available to the public”.

The invitation also says the officials aim to hold “a frank discussion of the risks we each see in current and near-term AI development, actions to mitigate those risks, and other ways we can work together to ensure the American people benefit from advances in AI while being protected from its harms”.

Published in Dawn, May 3rd, 2023