Even President Biden has tried ChatGPT
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- President Joe Biden has tried out ChatGPT, Axios reports.
- Biden reportedly experimented with ChatGPT and was "fascinated" by the generative AI tool.
- White House officials are meeting with Big Tech CEOs on Thursday to discuss AI's implications.
Buzz about ChatGPT is everywhere, and apparently President Joe Biden has even given the generative AI tool a try, Axios reports.
In a piece published Thursday, Axios wrote that the publication had learned Biden had tried out ChatGPT. He was "fascinated" by the AI chatbot, according to the report.
Biden has previously spoken about AI, though it doesn't appear that he's name-dropped ChatGPT yet. In a meeting Biden held last month with his council of advisers on science and technology, he spoke about challenges and opportunities for AI.
"Tech companies have a responsibility in my view to make sure their products are safe before making them public," Biden said in an April video filmed during a meeting with his tech and science advisory council. "Social media has already shown us the harm that powerful technologies can do without the right safeguards in place."
"AI can help deal with some very difficult challenges like disease and climate change, but it also has to address the potential risks to our society, to our economy, to our national security," Biden told his advisors.
While Biden's supposedly experimenting with ChatGPT, the White House is gearing up to meet with some of Big Tech's leaders who are engaged in the AI race. The CEOs of Alphabet, Anthropic, Microsoft, and OpenAI are set to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris and other White House officials on Thursday.
The meeting will address growing safety concerns around the AI technology, and discuss plans to address the future impacts of the technology, per a statement released by the White House.
While AI tech execs will likely be watching to see what comes of the White House meeting, the report that Biden has tried ChatGPT begs the question: What did Biden choose to ask the AI chatbot?