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The White House has confirmed a major drive to combat gender-based violence, including action to address the proliferation of content generated by AI.
In a press release, the Biden-Harris administration has cited image-based sexual abuse as “one of the fastest growing harmful uses of AI to date.”
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act, the Biden-Harris administration is announcing new voluntary accords with AI model developers to target the threat.
Jennifer Klein, an aide to the current president and director of the White House’s Gender Policy Council, said the Justice Department will launch a series of programs to provide support to survivors of gender-based violence. This will include $690 million of funding for upcoming initiatives, as well as plans to deliver a new national resource center to tackle cyber crimes.
Klein stated the Justice Department will also strengthen federal funding for state and local law enforcement agencies, including efforts to remove firearms from individuals with convictions for domestic abuse.
Potential Conflicts of Interest for OpenAI
Among the AI developers to commit to the fresh guidelines are Adobe, Anthropic, Cohere, Microsoft, and OpenAI – which is eyeing a $150 billion valuation.
They will “responsibly” source and protect the datasets they create and use to train AI from image-based sexual abuse, as well as remove nude images from AI training datasets “when appropriate and depending on the purpose of the model.”
It remains to be seen how effective the non-binding arrangements will be, especially with the participation of ChatGPT maker OpenAI. The company said earlier this year it was exploring how to “responsibly” generate AI porn.
To mark the landmark anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act, President Biden was scheduled to host an address on the South Lawn on Thursday evening with survivors, advocates, and allies in the invited audience.
These efforts are part of Biden’s final key policy decisions as he prepares to stand down from public service, after his announcement in June to drop out of the presidential race.
