Driving The Day

Today is September 13, 2024, and here are the key policymaker and stakeholder actions on AI you need to know: The White House announced several major AI companies have agreed to new voluntary commitments “to reduce AI-generated image-based sexual abuse.” In addition, the White House announced the formation of an AI data center infrastructure task force “and efforts to scale up technical assistance for data center permitting.” Meanwhile, Nevada is set to become the first state to use AI technology to help adjudicate its unemployment benefit claims. Across the pond, Meta received permission from the U.K.’s data privacy regulator to use public posts and images from millions of U.K. users to train its AI models. Lastly, venture capitalist Raj Shah and tech expert Christopher Kirchhoff argue the U.S. is not ready to fight against AI-powered weapons systems, relying too heavily on outdated weaponry.

In this issue:

Washington in Focus: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) declared the U.S. “will need more energy to meet the growing demand” from AI and win the “tech race” with China.

Around the Nation: Philadelphia is beginning to explore ways to regulate AI, while Pennsylvania lawmakers “are moving on statewide deepfake legislation.”

Across the Pond: The U.K. plans to launch a “content store” to help develop better AI classroom resources. 

Global Highlights: China opted out of an international plan “to establish guardrails” around the use of AI in military applications.

Outside Views: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called for the U.S. government to do “safety testing” of AI systems in an interview with Oprah Winfrey.

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