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Top tech firms sign White House pledge to identify AI-generated images

Google, and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI agreed to the voluntary safety commitments, part of an escalation in the Biden administration’s interest in the area as it readies an AI-focused executive order

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Updated July 21, 2023 at 4:04 p.m. EDT|Published July 21, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. EDT
President Biden during a meeting of his Competition Council in the White House. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
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During President Biden’s 50-year Washington political career, he has witnessed a slew of innovations, including the invention of the cellphone, the first Mac computer, the World Wide Web and social media.

But rapid advances in artificial intelligence, highlighted by the recent release of ChatGPT, have stunned the seasoned president.