White House says tech giants have ‘moral’ duty on AI

The White House on Thursday told the CEOs of US AI giants that they have a “moral” responsibility to protect society from the potential dangers of artificial intelligence.

Vice President Kamala Harris had summoned the heads of Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic to strategize about the impact of AI, afraid that companies are running blindly into technology that could pose serious harms to society.

Harris told the CEOs, which included Sundar Pichai of Google and Satya Nadella of Microsoft, that they have a “moral” duty to safeguard society from AI’s potential dangers.

Companies “must comply with existing laws to protect the American people” as well as “ensure the safety and security of their products,” Harris said in a statement after the talks.