{"id":3209,"date":"2025-01-21T08:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T08:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=3209"},"modified":"2025-01-21T08:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T08:24:00","slug":"maybe-ai-doesnt-read-blueprints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=3209","title":{"rendered":"Maybe AI Doesn\u2019t Read Blueprints"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By KIM BELLARD<\/p>\n

Gosh, who knew that Jan 13 would be an AI day, with at least three major announcements about \u201cblueprints\u201d for its development going forward? Of course, these days every day is an AI day; trying to take in all AI-related news can be overwhelming. But before some other AI news drowns them out, I wanted to at least outline today\u2019s announcements.<\/p>\n

The three I\u2019m referring to are the Biden Administration\u2019s Interim Final Rule on Artificial Intelligence Diffusion<\/a>, OpenAI\u2019s Economic Blueprint<\/a>, and the UK\u2019s AI-driven Plan for Change<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The Biden Administration\u2019s rules aim to preserve America\u2019s lead in AI, stating: \u201cit is essential that we do not offshore this critical technology and that the world\u2019s AI runs on American rails.\u201d It establishes who advanced chips can be sold to and how they can be used in other countries, with no restrictions on 18 key allies and partners.<\/p>\n

It also sets limits on model weights for AI models, seeking to constrain non-preferred entities\u2019 ability to train advanced AI models.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.S. leads the world in AI now, both AI development and AI chip design, and it\u2019s critical that we keep it that way,\u201d Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a briefing with reporters ahead of Monday\u2019s announcement<\/p>\n

Not everyone is happy. <\/p>\n

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The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation blasted<\/a> the rule, claiming it would hamper America\u2019s competitiveness. \u00a0Vice President Daniel Castro warned: \u201cBy pressuring other nations to choose between the United States and China, the administration risks alienating key partners and inadvertently strengthening China\u2019s position in the global AI ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Similarly, Nvidia, which makes most of those advanced AI chips, expressed its opposition in a statement<\/a> from Ned Finkle, vice president of government affairs, claiming the rule \u201cthreatens to derail innovation and economic growth worldwide.\u201d\u00a0He explicitly contrasts how the first Trump Administration (and, one assumes, the next Trump Administration) sought to foster \u201can environment where U.S. industry could compete and win on merit without compromising national security.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

Not to be outdone, Ken Glueck, Executive Vice President, Oracle, says<\/a> the rule \u201cwill go down as one of the most destructive to ever hit the U.S. technology industry,\u201d and \u201cwe are likely handing most of the global AI and GPU market to our Chinese competitors.\u201d<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see what the Trump Administration does with the Rule.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, OpenAI\u2019s economic blueprint believes \u201cAmerica needs to act now to maximize the technology\u2019s possibilities while minimizing its harms\u2026to ensure that AI\u2019s benefits are shared responsibly and equitably.\u201d Its goals are to:<\/p>\n

Continue the country\u2019s global leadership in innovation while protecting national security<\/p>\n

Make sure we get it right in AI access and benefits from the start<\/p>\n

Maximize the economic opportunity of AI for communities across the country.<\/p>\n

It sees \u201cinfrastructure as destiny,\u201d with investment in AI infrastructure \u201can unmissable opportunity to catalyze a reindustrialization of the US.\u201d It wants to ensure that \u201can estimated $175 billion sitting in global funds awaiting investment in AI projects\u201d get invested here rather than in China.<\/p>\n

OpenAI does want \u201ccommon-sense rules\u201d that promote \u201cfree and fair competition\u201d while allowing \u201cdevelopers and users to work with and direct our tools as they see fit\u201d under those rules. And, of course, all this while \u201cPreventing government use of AI tools to amass power and control their citizens, or to threaten or coerce other states.\u201d It particularly wants to avoid a \u201cpatchwork of state-by-state regulations\u201d<\/p>\n

The company is planning an event in Washington D.C. on January 30 with CEO Sam Altman \u201cto preview the state of AI advancement and how it can drive economic growth.\u201d \u00a0I\u2019ll bet Mr. Altman is hoping he gets plenty of Trump Administration officials, although probably not Elon Musk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last but not least, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has endorsed<\/a> an ambitious set of AI recommendations, wanting to turbocharge the economy by turning the UK into an AI superpower. Mr. Starmer vowed:<\/p>\n

But the AI industry needs a government that is on their side, one that won\u2019t sit back and let opportunities slip through its fingers. And in a world of fierce competition, we cannot stand by. We must move fast and take action to win the global race.<\/p>\n

Our plan will make Britain the world leader. It will give the industry the foundation it needs and will turbocharge the Plan for Change. That means more jobs and investment in the UK, more money in people\u2019s pockets, and transformed public services.<\/p>\n

There are three key elements:<\/p>\n

First, \u201claying the foundations for AI to flourish in the UK,\u201d\u00a0including AI Economic Growth Zones and \u00a0a new supercomputer.<\/p>\n

Second, \u201cboosting adoption across public and private sectors,\u201d such as through a new digital government center that \u201cwill revolutionise how AI is used in the public sector to improve citizens lives and make government more efficient.\u201d<\/p>\n

Third, \u201ckeeping us ahead of the pack,\u201d with a new team that \u201cwill use the heft of the state to make the UK the best place for business.\u201d<\/p>\n

It will do so while also charting its own course on regulation. \u201cI know there are different approaches (to AI regulation) around the world but we are now in control of our regulatory regime so we will go our own way on this,\u201d the PM said<\/a>. \u201cWe will test and understand AI before we regulate it to make sure that when we do it, it\u2019s proportionate and grounded.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chris Lehane, Chief Global Affairs Officer at OpenAI, praised<\/a> the plan: \u201cThe government\u2019s AI action plan \u2013 led by the Prime Minister and Secretary Peter Kyle \u2013 recognises where AI development is headed and sets the UK on the right path to benefit from its growth:\u201d<\/p>\n

All nice words, but lots left unsaid. As Gaia Marcus of the Ada Lovelace Institute pointed out<\/a>: \u201cJust as the government is investing heavily in realising the opportunities presented by AI, it must also invest in responding to AI\u2019s negative impacts now and in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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These things are true: AI is going to play a major role in the world economy, and to be a superpower, a country will have to be an AI superpower. To be an AI superpower, a country has to have the best AI infrastructure, including chips and data centers. AI is equally capable of positive impacts as well as negative impacts, and some regulation is needed to mitigate the latter. Lastly, regulation is going to lag innovation \u2014 and AI will drive innovation at rates we haven\u2019t seen before.<\/p>\n

I envy the people working on AI innovation, but I don\u2019t envy those trying to figure out how to best regulate it.<\/p>\n

Kim is a former emarketing exec at a major Blues plan, editor of the late & lamented\u00a0<\/em>Tincture.io<\/em><\/a>, and now regular THCB contributor<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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