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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Queenie Wong

In San Francisco, Biden says AI has ‘enormous promise’ but comes with risks

SAN FRANCISCO — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that artificial intelligence has “enormous promise” but that it also comes with risks such as fueling disinformation and job losses — dangers his administration wants to tackle.

Biden, meeting in San Francisco with AI experts, researchers and advocates, said the technology is already driving “change in every part of American life, often in ways we don’t notice.” AI helps people search the internet, find directions — and has the potential to disrupt how people teach and learn.

“In seizing this moment, we need to manage the risks to our society, to our economy and our national security,” Biden said to reporters before the closed-door meeting with AI experts at the Fairmont Hotel.

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