Officials in Washington, D.C. United States are planning to hold a session with workers to discuss the use of artificial intelligence (AI) surveillance in workplaces.
According to a report by Reuters, White House officials stated on May 23 that they would ask employees how their employers use AI for monitoring purposes. This is the result of federal investments in the development of the technology.
U.S. regulators intend to conduct an information-gathering session to learn about AI surveillance, monitoring, and evaluation experiences in the workplace. Experts on contract work, researchers, and policymakers will also be on the call.
A few weeks prior, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris invited executives from major tech companies to the White House to discuss the dangers of artificial intelligence.
In attendance were nine top science, national security, policy, and economics advisers to the Biden administration and the CEOs of OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta, among others.
Before the meeting, U.S. President Joe Biden urged tech firms to address the dangers associated with their products.
On May 4, U.S. officials released standards for essential and emerging technologies, identifying eight technology industry sectors that could significantly impact the economy over the next few years.
Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAi, the company that created ChatGPT, recently testified before Congress in a “historic” session that focused on the potential dangers posed by generative AI.
The United States is not alone in developing a regulatory position regarding emerging technology. As the country focuses on AI “readiness,” regulators in the United Kingdom recently pledged nearly $125 million to create a “safe AI” task force.
In the meantime, European Union officials are finalizing legislation that could be one of the world’s first legal measures and regulations governing generative AI tools.
The most recent deliberations on the bloc’s Artificial Intelligence Act included a moratorium on facial recognition and predictive policing tools in public spaces.