AISN #43: White House Issues First National Security Memo on AI

<p> Plus, AI and Job Displacement, and AI Takes Over the Nobels.</p> <p> Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.</p><p><strong> White House Issues First National Security Memo on AI</strong></p><p> On October 24, 2024, the White House issued the first National Security Memorandum (NSM) on Artificial Intelligence, accompanied by a Framework to Advance AI Governance and Risk Management in National Security.</p><p> The NSM identifies AI leadership as a national security priority. The memorandum states that competitors have employed economic and technological espionage to steal U.S. AI technology. To maintain a U.S. advantage in AI, the memorandum directs the National Economic Council to assess the U.S.'s competitive position in:</p><ol> <li> <p> Semiconductor design and manufacturing</p></li><li> <p> Availability of computational resources</p></li><li> <p> Access to workers highly skilled in AI</p></li><li> <p> Capital availability for AI development</p></li></ol><p> The Intelligence Community must make gathering intelligence on competitors' operations against the [...]</p> <p>---</p><p><strong>Outline:</strong></p><p>(00:18) White House Issues First National Security Memo on AI</p><p>(03:22) AI and Job Displacement</p><p>(09:13) AI Takes Over the Nobels</p> <p>---</p> <p><b>First published:</b><br/> October 28th, 2024 </p> <p><b>Source:</b><br/> <a href="https://newsletter.safe.ai/p/ai-safety-newsletter-43-white-house?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Source+URL+in+episode+description&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://newsletter.safe.ai/p/ai-safety-newsletter-43-white-house</a> </p> <p>---</p> <p>Want more? Check out our <a href="https://newsletter.mlsafety.org/?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Episode+description+footer" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ML Safety Newsletter</a> for technical safety research.</p> <p>Narrated by <a href="https://type3.audio/?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Narrated+by+TYPE+III+AUDIO&utm_term=center_for_ai_safety&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TYPE III AUDIO</a>.</p> <p>---</p><div style="max-width: 100%";><p><strong>Images from the article:</strong></p><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde24ea1d-e137-4392-98b3-9fa80ce102a7_1220x1166.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde24ea1d-e137-4392-98b3-9fa80ce102a7_1220x1166.png" alt="undefined" style="max-width: 100%;" /></a><hr style="margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;" /><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa80a09bc-e4c3-4d08-96af-ff156cb5131e_2670x1982.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa80a09bc-e4c3-4d08-96af-ff156cb5131e_2670x1982.png" alt="undefined" style="max-width: 100%;" /></a><p><em>Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try <a href="https://pocketcasts.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Pocket Casts</a>, or another podcast app.</em></p></div>