Trying to domesticate AI: US, UN issue policy marching orders

An international 39-member United Nations advisory group has been appointed to report on global governance of AI.

Almost simultaneously, United States officials are preparing national standards that officials say will defang AI and ensure the nation remains the global leader in "responsible innovation" of the algorithms.

Both initiatives are ambitious.

Somewhere between the two is a voluntary code of conduct for AI developers released today by the G7 group of economic ministers.

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres last week said the …

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