U.S, U.K. and Dozens of Others Agree to Make AI "Secure By Design"

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The U.S. and U.K., along with over a dozen other countries have agreed to make AI safe from bad actors, making systems "secure by design."

Still, the director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Jen Easterly, said it was important that so many countries put their names to the idea that AI systems needed to put safety first.

"This is the first time that we have seen an affirmation that these capabilities should not just be about cool features and how quickly we can get them to market or how we can compete to drive down costs," Easterly told Reuters, saying the guidelines represent "an agreement that the most important thing that needs to be done at the design phase is security."

In addition to the United States and Britain, the 18 countries that signed on to the new guidelines include Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Australia, Chile, Israel, Nigeria and Singapore.

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www.reuters.com US, Britain, other countries ink agreement to make AI 'secure by design' In a 20-page document unveiled Sunday, 18 countries agreed that firms designing and using AI need to develop and deploy it in a way that keeps customers and the wider public safe from misuse.