Microsoft President Brad Smith said Thursday that his biggest concern around artificial intelligence was deep fakes, realistic looking but false content.
In a speech in Washington aimed at addressing the issue of
how best to regulate AI, which went from wonky to widespread with the arrival
of OpenAI's ChatGPT, Smith called for steps to ensure that people know when a
photo or video is real and when it is generated by AI, potentially for
nefarious purposes.
"We're going have to address the issues around deep fakes.
We're going to have to address in particular what we worry about most foreign
cyber influence operations, the kinds of activities that are already taking
place by the Russian government, the Chinese, the Iranians," he said.
"We need to take steps to protect against the
alteration of legitimate content with an intent to deceive or defraud people
through the use of AI."
Smith also called for licensing for the most critical forms
of AI with "obligations to protect the security, physical security, cybersecurity,
national security."
"We will need a new generation of export controls, at
least the evolution of the export controls we have, to ensure that these models
are not stolen or not used in ways that would violate the country's export
control requirements," he said.
For weeks, lawmakers in Washington have struggled with what
laws to pass to control AI even as companies large and small have raced to
bring increasingly versatile AI to market.
Last week, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the startup behind
ChatGPT, told a Senate panel in his first appearance before Congress that the
use of AI interfering with election integrity is a "significant area of
concern", adding that it needs regulation.
Altman, whose OpenAI is backed by Microsoft, also called for
global cooperation on AI and incentives for safety compliance.
Smith also argued in the speech, and in a blog post issued
on Thursday, that people needed to be held accountable for any problems caused
by AI and he urged lawmakers to ensure that safety brakes be put on AI used to
control the electric grid, water supply and other critical infrastructure so
that humans remain in control.
He urged use of a "Know Your Customer"-style
system for developers of powerful AI models to keep tabs on how their
technology is used and to inform the public of what content AI is creating so
they can identify faked videos.
Some proposals being considered on Capitol Hill would focus
on AI that may put people's lives or livelihoods at risk, like in medicine and
finance. Others are pushing for rules to ensure AI is not used to discriminate
or violate civil rights. © Reuters
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