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New White House AI rules. New rules from the White House on the use of artificial intelligence by United States national security and spy agencies aim to balance the technology’s promise with the need to protect against its risks. The framework, signed by President Joe Biden and announced Oct. 24, is designed to ensure that national security agencies access the latest and most powerful AI while also mitigating its misuse. Recent advances in artificial intelligence have been hailed as potentially transformative for a long list of industries and sectors, but there are risks to the technology’s use by government.

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