Q&A: White House AI advisor says US is ‘catching up’ to the tech, as Biden’s new executive order demands transparency for the world’s biggest AI models

• President Biden just signed an executive order regarding the development and use of AI technology.
• It demands a new level of transparency from companies developing AI, yet it has limitations.
• “The tech’s had a bit of a head start,” White House advisor Ben Buchanan told Insider.

This Q&A is based on a conversation with Ben Buchanan, advisor to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Biden administration.

President Biden on Monday signed a new executive order demanding greater transparency from major tech companies on the development of artificial intelligence models and tools and new rules for how the tech is used. It may be too little, too late.