US President Joe Biden has announced new rules governing the use of artificial intelligence that will bar the Pentagon and intelligence communities from using the technology in ways that do not “align with democratic values”.
Biden will publish the new guidelines in a national security memorandum he is due to sign on Thursday. It is the first directive outlining how the US national security apparatus should use AI and aims to set an example for other governments looking to use and expand the technology responsibly, officials said.
They added that the new rules were designed to encourage the use of and experimentation with AI, while ensuring that government agencies do not employ it for activities that could, for instance, violate the right to free speech or sidestep controls on nuclear weapons.