Industry Experts Join Homeland Security's New AI Safety Board

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Friday that it will head a new board to steward the responsible deployment of artificial intelligence. The Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board, a collection of 22 industry experts and stakeholders, will advise the public and private sectors on AI use cases that impact critical infrastructure, economic security, civil rights, and other collective interests. 

Among the board's members are OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Nvidia president and CEO Jensen Huang, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, and Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky. These figures—each of whom has an unprecedented impact on the implementation of AI in the US and worldwide—are joined by executives from the defense and aerospace communities. Leaders from civil rights nonprofits, such as the Center for Democracy and Technology and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, are also part of the ...