The United States’ position on artificial intelligence (AI) development raises significant concerns about disclosing critical information to foreign rivals and stifling domestic innovation. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice recently convened on October 4th at the G7 Competition Authorities and Policymakers’ Summit to discuss the rise of AI; they released a statement, the Digital Competition Communiqué, emphasizing transparency and fair competition. However, the Harris Biden Administration’s support of the Communiqué should alarm people due to its requirement to share AI training data, even with political rivals.
The United States have been pioneering the field of AI development. Simultaneously and not coincidentally, Europe and Canada have been at the forefront of pushing for more regulations on AI development including forcing companies to reveal the sources of their AI training data to promote “fairness” and “transparency.” AI is the largest technological frontier of this century, and the Harris Biden Administration has attempted to place regulations on AI, but they face continuous pushback because of hindering effects this legislation would have on the competitiveness of American companies. The government’s failure to pass AI development regulations domestically has led to the U.S. undermining our democracy by instilling these laws internationally through the Communiqué, under the guise of promoting fair competition. This notion of fair competition is easily overturned when realizing the other countries supporting the Communiqué, in fact advocate for protectionist practices in their own countries that protect their industries from international competition. The European Union has long fought for regulations that would diminish the dominance of U.S. tech giants, the Digital Competition Communiqué being no exception. The U.S. supporting the Communiqué is extremely alarming because they are signing off on the demise of their own country’s leadership in technology and AI development.
AI has become the backbone of defense and healthcare industries in the U.S. and with the published support of the Digital Competition Communiqué, the Harris Biden Administration is gambling with how our foreign rivals will be able to take hold of and manipulate U.S. technology, making this a threat to national security and every American citizen. The United States must protect our advanced AI development instead of allowing the forceful transparency of trade secrets.
The United States must stand firm in protecting American companies verses appeasing an international audience to no benefit of our own.
