According to Reuters report on September 1st, during the G20 ministerial meeting in North Carolina on Tuesday local time, the United States urged member countries to adopt an non-interventional approach to AI regulation, avoiding setting rules for this technology.
As one of the co-organizers of this two-day conference, Michael K. Krasovich, a White House technology advisor, stated at a speech to G20 officials that he advocates for countries to adopt the "Carolina Principle," which is to agree not to create new regulatory rules for AI by signing this principle. Instead, they should focus on formulating rules for new circumstances related to the application of artificial intelligence technology.
He said at the meeting that policymakers should not view each innovation in isolation, nor should they treat every emerging technology as an unprecedented policy challenge.
The report indicates that the goals of the United States largely coincide with those of leading global AI companies, all of which are American corporations. These companies hope to reduce regulatory oversight over their rapidly growing businesses worldwide, or to participate in setting relevant rules. Government-mandated regulatory delays in the release of new models, or requirements that companies change the performance of their products to address security issues, could harm the profitability of this industry.
According to Reuters, the G20 member countries are gathering together at this critical moment in the development of AI and during global debates on how to govern AI. At the same time, the United States faces growing challenges from China in terms of its dominance in AI. The open-weight AI models developed by Chinese companies are favored by American companies.
This has made this administration even more urgently require the assurance that other regions of the world stay in America's technological ecosystem, rather than seeking other options. Said Vivek Choluli, a technology and national security researcher at the New American Security Center.
According to reports, Demis Hasebe, CEO of Google DeepMind, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, and Elon Musk of SpaceX delivered speeches at the conference via video on Tuesday.
At the meeting, Hassabis called on G20 officials to establish safety testing mechanisms for AI systems. Mark Zuckerberg reiterated that countries should not restrict the development of open-source AI models. Elon Musk continued to criticize the EU's technology regulations, stating that EU policies "hindered corporate progress." He also urged countries other than China to develop new energy sources to power data centers.
It is reported that this meeting is one of a series of events scheduled to take place in major cities across the United States in the coming months, aimed at preparing for the G20 summit to be held in Miami in December. Previously, it was reported that OpenAI’s CEO Ordenman and NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen Huang would meet individually with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Loeternik on Wednesday.
