Biden presidency's top science advisor calls for a "Bill of rights" to curb the harmful uses of AI applications

President Joe Biden's top science advisor has shown concern for the rising use of facial recognition and other biometric technology to recognize people or assess their emotional or mental state and character. He proposes a new "bill of rights" to put a stop to the unethical use of artificial intelligence technology. Biden's chief science advisor, Eric Lander, and Alondra Nelson, deputy director for science and society, also shared their opinion in a recent interview with Wired magazine to develop new protection tools to curb the harmful uses of Artificial intelligence in order to safeguard the users' privacy.

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In an interview they said, "we can take many measures to curb harmful uses of AI such as refusing to purchase software or technology products that do not respect these rights, needing federal contractors to adopt technologies that comply with this 'bill of rights. or to adopt new laws and regulations to fill the gaps." The Biden administration had also shown their concern regarding harmful uses of Artificial intelligence earlier.

Apart from the Biden administration, European regulators have also made efforts to curb the harmful uses of AI applications. They had also favored the restrictions on biometric mass surveillance. A federal document filed last Friday also requested the AI developers, experts, and users affected by biometric data collection to express their views regarding the issue.