CEOs of Microsoft, Nvidia and other tech giants join federal AI advisory board | Windows

A group of prominent tech executives will join the Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board, a panel tasked with advising the federal government on the use of AI in critical infrastructure.

The Wall Street Journal reported the development today. According to the paper, the panel comprises not only representatives of the tech industry but also academics, civil rights leaders and the chief executives of several critical infrastructure companies. In all, the Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board will have nearly two dozen members. 

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Satya Nadella, Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI’s San Altman are among the participants. They will be joined by their counterparts at Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Amazon Web Services Inc., Anthropic PBC, Cisco Systems Inc., Google LLC and IBM Corp.

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is leading the panel. According to the Journal, the Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board will advise the Department of Homeland Security on how to safely apply AI in critical infrastructure. The panel’s members will convene every three months starting in May. 

Besides providing advice to the federal government, the panel will also produce AI recommendations for critical…