- Donald Trump signed a new executive order on his first day as US president.
- The order revokes a previous executive order, which called for extensive research into artificial intelligence tools before their release.
- This is in line with his presidential campaign.
The first day of Donald Trump’s presidency was marked by more than 200 executive orders. The returning American president has used his executive power to sign a series of drastic policy changes, including one related to Artificial Intelligence (AI).
In 2023, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14110, titled “Safe and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.” The goal of the directive was to establish a national framework to govern AI in the United States.
Ordered that developers of AI systems, which pose risks to national security, economic stability, or public health and safety, conduct rigorous security testing and share the results with the federal government before public deployment.
The problem and promise of AI
The goal was to ensure that the potential risks of new AI tools were analyzed before releasing them to the general public.
Additionally, the order directed federal agencies to create guidelines for the responsible use of AI, including measures to prevent algorithmic discrimination and protect civil rights. It also called for the development of standards to identify AI-generated content, aiming to address concerns related to misinformation and deepfakes.
On January 20, President Trump’s first day in the Oval Office, he revoked this executive order. PakGazette information. This was in line with what Trump promised during his campaign, as the Republican Party said it “supported the development of AI based on free speech and human flourishing.”
Generative AI (GenAI) is a relatively new tool that can create new content, such as text, images, music or code, after receiving commands (or prompts) in the form of natural human language. Opinion makers, academia and the general public were both excited and fearful of this new technology.
On the one hand, it’s exciting because it unlocks creativity, automates tasks and enables innovative applications, but on the other, it’s scary because it can be abused in disinformation campaigns and can lead to job displacement.
Through PakGazette
