{"id":4211,"date":"2024-02-23T09:14:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T01:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/?p=4211"},"modified":"2024-02-23T09:14:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T01:14:51","slug":"%e7%be%8e%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e9%83%a8%e7%a7%b0-ai-%e6%98%af%e8%bf%84%e4%bb%8a%e4%b8%ba%e6%ad%a2%e6%9c%80%e9%94%8b%e5%88%a9%e5%8f%8c%e5%88%83%e5%89%91%ef%bc%8c%e9%a6%96%e6%ac%a1%e4%bb%bb%e5%91%bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/4211.html","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Department of Justice calls AI the sharpest double-edged sword to date and appoints its first \u201cChief AI Officer\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-vmark=\"5b7e\">According to Reuters,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e7%be%8e%e5%9b%bd\" title=\"_Other Organiser\" target=\"_blank\" >USA<\/a>The Justice Department on Thursday named its first official focused on AI.\u00a0<span class=\"accentTextColor\">Jonathan Meyer, a Princeton University professor who studies technology and law<\/span>(Jonathan Mayer)<span class=\"accentTextColor\">Will serve as Chief Technology Advisor,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e9%a6%96%e5%b8%adai%e5%ae%98\" title=\"[SEES ARTICLES WITH LABELS]\" target=\"_blank\" >Chief AI Officer<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-vmark=\"34b4\">Jonathan Meyer will lead a new commission on law enforcement and civil rights officials.<span class=\"accentTextColor\">The commission will advise the attorney general and others on the ethics and effectiveness of AI systems<\/span>, and work hard to recruit more technical experts to join the department.<\/p>\n<p data-vmark=\"ff05\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4212\" title=\"b4ac4380-105a-4c7c-9aeb-9232eea815d2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/b4ac4380-105a-4c7c-9aeb-9232eea815d2.jpg\" alt=\"b4ac4380-105a-4c7c-9aeb-9232eea815d2\" width=\"940\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image source: Pexels<\/p>\n<p data-vmark=\"8f55\">U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement:<span class=\"accentTextColor\">The Department of Justice must keep pace with changing technology<\/span>, in fulfilling our mission to uphold the rule of law, ensure national security, and protect the rights of our citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-vmark=\"e4d3\">In a speech in the UK last week, US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said:<span class=\"accentTextColor\">The Justice Department is already using artificial intelligence to track the source of opioids and other illegal drugs<\/span>, analyzing tips submitted to the FBI and compiling evidence collected during its investigation of the January 6, 2021, raid on the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p data-vmark=\"9f97\">Monaco said the technology helps the United States detect and disrupt terrorist plots and hostile actions by U.S. adversaries. But she said the department is also concerned that it could amplify existing biases and create new opportunities for cybercriminals. In addition, she said in a speech at Oxford University that &quot;every new technology is a double-edged sword.<span class=\"accentTextColor\">But artificial intelligence may be the sharpest weapon yet<\/span>. &quot;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Justice appointed its first AI-focused official on Thursday local time (today) -- Jonathan Mayer, a Princeton professor who studies technology and the law, will serve as chief technology advisor, chief AI officer, Reuters reports. Jonathan Mayer will lead a newly created Council of Law Enforcement and Civil Rights Officials, which will advise the Attorney General and others on the ethics and effectiveness of AI systems, and work to recruit more technologists to the department. Image source Pexels In a statement, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said, \"The Department of Justice must keep pace with the ever-changing pace of technological advancement in order to fulfill our mission of upholding the rule of law, securing our nation, and protecting the rights of our citizens.\" U.S. Deputy Attorney General<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[236,1301],"collection":[],"class_list":["post-4211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-236","tag-ai"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4211"},{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=4211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}