The US created an AI Council of technology leaders to strengthen critical infrastructure

He Department of Homeland Security (DHS) America A formation announced on Friday Board of Directors Composed by the Managing Directors of OpenAI, Microsoft, letters –Google's parent company—and Nvidiawhat They will advise the government on the role of Artificial intelligence In critical infrastructures.

The Board will make recommendations to the Department Transportationoperators of Pipes Y Electrical networksService providers Website and others”Prevent and prepare for problems Artificial Intelligence relates to critical services affecting national or economic security, public health or safety.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorgas told reporters that the administration would help ensure that Secure deployment AI technology and how to deal with it threats It has been boosted for core services such as energy, public services, transport, defence, information technology, food and agriculture and financial services.

“This is not a board focused on theory, but Practical solutions “To implement artificial intelligence in our nation's everyday lives,” Mayorkas continued. “Having the core developers of this extraordinarily powerful tool on board is critical,” he emphasized when announcing the membership.

The 22-member board consists of technical leaders Sam AltmanCEO of OpenAI; Dario AmodiCEO de Anthropic; Jensen HuangCEO of Nvidia NVDA.O; Arvind KrishnaCEO of IBM IBM.N; Shantanu NarayanCEO of Adobe ADBE.O; Satya NadellaCEO of Microsoft MSFT.O; Google CEOCEO of Alphabet GOOGL.O; Chuck RobbinsCEO of Cisco CSCO.O; Adam Celebski, CEO of Amazon Web Services AMZN.O; And Lisa SuCEO de Advanced Micro Devices AMD.O.

They are also part of the council Ed BastianCEO of Delta Air Lines DAL.N; Vicky HolupCEO of Occidental Petroleum OXY.N and Kathy WhartonThe CEO of Northrop Grumman NOC.N, as well as the governor of Maryland, Wes Moore; Mayor of Seattle, Bruce Harrelland Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

The board will meet for the first time next month and future quarterly meetings are scheduled.

In its 2024 threat assessment, DHS warned that AI-assisted tools “have the potential to drive.” Large-scale, fast, efficient and avoidable cyber attacksAgainst targets such as oil pipelines, railroads, and other critical infrastructure in the United States.

(With information from Reuters)