Top tech firms commit to AI safeguards amid fears over pace of change

Top players in the development of artificial intelligence, including Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and OPenAI, will announce new safeguards for the fast-moving technology at the White House on Friday. Among the guidelines brokered by the Biden administration are watermarks for AI content to make it easier to identify and third-party testing of the technology that will try to spot dangerous flaws. The White House said on Friday that it had secured voluntary commitments from seven US companies meant to ensure their AI products are safe before they release them. Joe Biden is expected to meet with the executives at 1.30pm ET and unveil a package of measures. The announcement comes as critics charge AI's breakneck expansion threatens to allow real damage to occur before laws catch up.