US unveils national security plan to step up use of AI

The United States on Thursday ordered the Pentagon and intelligence agencies to step up use of artificial intelligence to advance national security.

The new National Security Memorandum, which comes a year after President Joe Biden issued an executive order on regulating AI, seeks to thread the needle between using the technology to counter its military applications by adversaries and building safeguards to uphold civil rights, officials said.

The order, hailed by the White House as a landmark move, directed federal agencies to set new safety standards for AI systems and required developers to share their safety test results and other critical information with the US government.