Royal Hansen, vice president of privacy, safety and security engineering at Google, weighs in on efforts to slow AI development, questioning whether the United States is equipped to win the AI race on the energy front and the next frontier of innovation.
Google executive Royal Hansen has responded to calls from some lawmakers to slow the development of artificial intelligence (AI) in the United States, emphasizing the need to develop and use technology responsibly rather than falling behind other countries.
“It’s really… this idea of being responsible when we invest and develop AI because there are a lot of benefits to using AI well, whether it’s in energy production, health care or science,” he told “Sunday Briefing”.
“But in cybersecurity“, he continued, “this is an area where we need to keep people safe, while helping them learn how to use AI well.”
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Hansen then highlighted energy as a major focus area for AI development, citing the “Mission Genesis”, continued collaboration between technology companies, the Department of Energy, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).
The initiative, signed by President Donald Trump last month, aims to accelerate the use of AI for scientific research.
“I think [it’s] a great example of this intersection between AI and energy,” Hansen said.
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“They [federal agencies] We have national laboratories, which have some of the best scientists on the planet. If we can work with AI and technologies like quantum as they become available to solve some of these energy problems, it can actually become a really beautiful virtuous cycle where we improve science, we improve energy, and we, as American innovation, win. »
Hansen also highlighted cybersecurity as another area where AI is already being deployed defensively, noting that even as attackers increasingly use the technology, companies are developing AI-based tools to protect systems at scale.
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