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DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman believes the US government should use Nvidia chips as leverage to push the adoption of AI rules across the world.
The White House has already invited Big Tech to form a union to battle and mitigate AI risks. Major companies like Google, Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI are a part of this group to highlight and reduce AI risks for US citizens and the rest of the world. The group is committed to rigorously testing AI models before releasing them to the public. Investing in cybersecurity and Identifying content produced by AI are some other preventive measures that must be applied.
According to the Fortune report (via FT), Suleyman claims that the widespread use of Nvidia chips in training large language models such as ChatGPT and Google Bard allows Washington to push others into obeying its AI rules. The DeepMind co-founder added that Nvidia processors are “an incredibly practical chokepoint. And would allow the US to impose itself on all other actors.”
DeepMind co-founder asks the US government to impose its AI regulations on others by using Nvidia chips
Referring to the agreement made between the White House and Big Tech, Suleyman says any AI developer who is a customer of Nvidia must sign up for at least the voluntary commitments and presumably even more. Nvidia has not yet responded to the case. Other companies that made the agreement stayed tight-lipped so far about their measures to mitigate AI risks.
Suleyman’s former company, DeepMind, was acquired by Google in 2015. It’s now the heart of AI development for the tech giant. After leaving Google in 2022, Suleyman founded Inflection AI, a machine learning startup aiming to create personal AI for everyone. The startup is now valued at $1.3 billion and recently launched chatbot Pi as a digital assistant.
While DeepMind co-founder blamed the US for falling behind, he praised the EU for “heading in the right direction.” Suleyman also said the odds of passing legislation in the US are “very low.”
In an interview with The Diary Of A CEO channel on YouTube, Suleyman highlighted the potential dangers of AI for the human race and asked for containment. He said AI can be a very dangerous weapon if it falls into the hands of the wrong people.