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Tech, US officials to discuss AI development, White House says

2024.09.12 11:01

By Timothy Gardner and Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top technology and power company executives will meet with senior U.S. officials at the White House on Thursday to discuss the energy resources and infrastructure needed to power artificial intelligence, a White House official said.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google (NASDAQ:) senior executive Ruth Porat and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei are among the tech company representatives expected to attend, the official said. Executives from top power companies will also be at the meeting, which will focus on the future of AI data center development, the official said.

National security adviser Jake Sullivan as well as White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients and National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard will also take part, along with top Biden administration climate officials. CNN first reported the meeting.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo will also meet with the executives. Granholm told Reuters in June that President Joe Biden’s administration was asking technology companies to invest in new climate-friendly power generation to cover their surging demand. The surge in demand from AI could complicate Biden’s target of decarbonizing the power sector by 2035 to fight climate change.

“President Biden and Vice President Harris are committed to deepening U.S. leadership in AI by ensuring data centers are built in the United States while ensuring the technology is developed responsibly,” said White House spokesperson Robyn Patterson.

Generative AI, or GenAI, can create text, photos and videos in response to open-ended prompts. It has generated buzz about its potential uses such as relieving mundane tasks but also prompted fears about potential misuse.

© Reuters. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File photo

The meeting will focus on fostering public-private work in advancing AI and on workforce and permitting needs associated with the technology.

AI also strains the energy and metals industries as U.S. technology companies seek to secure a shrinking supply of electricity for their rapidly expanding data centers.



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