An AI reckoning coming in August

The big AI headline in Washington today was Vice President Kamala Harris hosting the CEOs of Microsoft, Google, Anthropic and OpenAI in a closed-door meeting.

But the real attention of the AI community is now fixed in August, at an event that could provide a very public reckoning for the large language models these tech corporations have produced.

Tucked into the White House’s press release Thursday on “new actions that will further promote responsible American innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) and protect people’s rights and safety,” was a nod to DEFCON 31 — a giant hacker convention held across multiple Las Vegas hotels from August 10-13 that now has an unusual endorsement from the Biden administration. Amid all the noise and bluster about regulating AI, it’s the most concrete move yet to provide some public accountability — and public testing — of the fast-moving platforms at the heart of the conversation.

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