US should use chip leadership to enforce AI standards, DeepMind co-founder says

The US should use its leadership in semiconductors as a “chokepoint” to enforce minimum global standards for the use of artificial intelligence, according to the head of one of the country’s most ambitious AI start-ups.

Mustafa Suleyman, chief executive of Inflection and a co-founder of DeepMind, told the Financial Times in an interview that Washington should restrict sales of the Nvidia chips that play a dominant role in training advanced AI systems to buyers who agree to safe and ethical uses of the technology.