Do you hear that? It’s the sound of tech companies and policymakers frantically running in a race against China to create the best AI. But wait, what about the potential harms of these advanced AI models? Don’t worry, they’re working on that too. It’s like trying to build a race car while simultaneously installing the brakes.

Enter Mayorkas, the savior of Homeland Security. He has come up with a genius plan to deploy AI into DHS systems that screen cargo for goods produced by forced labor. Finally, the robots will do the boring work that humans don’t want to do. Oh, and they’ll help identify and stop the flow of fentanyl too. It’s like having Inspector Gadget working for you.

But Mayorkas doesn’t want to blindly trust these robo-helpers. He asked Homeland Security Advisory Council Co-Chair Jamie Gorelick to study “the intersection of AI and homeland security and deliver findings that will help guide our use of it and defense against it.” So, basically, Gorelick has been tasked with figuring out how to make sure the robots don’t turn against us.

The government is really stepping up its AI game. This week, U.S. Central Command hired former Google AI Cloud Director Andrew Moore to serve as its first advisor on AI, robotics, cloud computing, and data analytics. That’s a mouthful. But basically, he’s going to help CENTCOM apply AI and other technologies to its missions and be chief innovator dude.

So, while China may have their fancy ChatGPT clones, the U.S. has Mayorkas and his team of AI wizards. Who needs clones when you’ve got robots?

Serious News: cnbc