The U.S. should lead global AI competition *and* protect grandmothers from fake calls, said Tony West. Steven Overly Vice President Kamala Harris’ approach to artificial intelligence would balance the U.S.’s desire to outcompete other countries with the need to protect people from deepfakes and other harmful uses of the technology, a key adviser said Tuesday. “She has always come at this issue from the conviction that the United States has to maintain its global competitiveness when it comes to AI and other emerging technologies,” said Harris’ brother-in-law Tony West, who has been helping her campaign. But the technology’s potential to create fake images and audio that can then be used to deceive and defraud people must also be addressed, he continued, saying it’s a top concern for Harris as […]
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