A new government task force on AI used its inaugural meeting to set up protocols, a risk study and various committees, Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton told CNBC on Friday, a day after gathering in Washington, Reuters reported.
Clayton leads the group, which President Donald Trump has dubbed the Super Intelligence Task Force, using his preferred term for artificial intelligence, along with Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Defense Department technology lead Emil Michael.
Three committees were established: reporting and response led by Michael; critical infrastructure led by Kupor; and law enforcement and responsibility led by Ferguson. David Sachs will lead a risk study. Workforce and economic impacts will be reported to the Department of Labor. Clayton also told CNBC that any AI wrongdoing would be enforced through the FTC or the Justice Department.
A White House readout of the first meeting, released late on Thursday, said the task force formally established the group for 120 days. The readout also noted that a working group on implementation of the White House Accord would be led by Clayton along with National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross. According to the White House, Michael's role would include reviewing and developing protocols and mechanisms for labs to provide early warnings and systemised notifications to the government of breaches, hacks, jailbreaks and other issues.
Bloomberg reported, via BBX, that the task force agreed at its first meeting to assess AI risks in cybersecurity, biosecurity, and model control and accountability, commissioned the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology to write a report, and planned a mechanism to require AI labs to warn the government about security vulnerabilities, hacker attacks and jailbreaks. A coordination committee for law enforcement and consumer protection will be established with the participation of the Justice Department, FTC and other agencies.