Benjamin Powers is a reporter at The Messenger, covering technology policy and AI. He previously worked at Grid as a tech reporter and at CoinDesk as a privacy reporter and has written for outlets including Rolling Stone, the Wall Street Journal, City Lab, Popular Science and the New Republic.

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Giants like IBM and Nvidia and spy tech-maker Palantir have been added to the ranks of companies joining the White House’s <a href="https://themessenger.com/tech/openai-google-and-others-agree-to-new-ai-rules-from-white-house">artificial intelligence rules</a> that form basic guardrails around the technology but largely leave the companies to self-govern themselves.

Giants like IBM and Nvidia and spy tech-maker Palantir have been added to the ranks of companies joining the White House’s <a href="https://themessenger.com/tech/openai-google-and-others-agree-to-new-ai-rules-from-white-house">artificial intelligence rules</a> that form basic guardrails around the technology but largely leave the companies to self-govern themselves.

The Biden administration guidelines ask the companies to add watermarks to AI-generated content, conduct new internal tests and allow external audits, among other rules. With these latest signatories, the White House has convinced 15 companies in total to agree to the rules.&nbsp;

The Biden administration guidelines ask the companies to add watermarks to AI-generated content, conduct new internal tests and allow external audits, among other rules. With these latest signatories, the White House has convinced 15 companies in total to agree to the rules.&nbsp;

An exterior view of the White House is seen October 2, 2003 in Washington, DC.

<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://cms.themessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-2556678-1024x660.jpg" alt="An exterior view of the White House is seen October 2, 2003 in Washington, DC." class="wp-image-454704"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The White House has been driving AI policy ahead of Congress.</figcaption></figure>

Other companies newly joining are Adobe, Salesforce and a handful of startups: Cohere, Scale AI and Stability.

Other companies newly joining are Adobe, Salesforce and a handful of startups: Cohere, Scale AI and Stability.

It’s a busy week for AI matters in Washington. The<a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/07/18/schumer-ai-forums-senate"> first of nine </a>AI forums in the Senate is set to convene Wednesday as the government continues to move forward in the hopes of regulating the technology. Tech leaders from Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg to Bill Gates on AI will brief all 100 senators at the forum.

It’s a busy week for AI matters in Washington. The<a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/07/18/schumer-ai-forums-senate"> first of nine </a>AI forums in the Senate is set to convene Wednesday as the government continues to move forward in the hopes of regulating the technology. Tech leaders from Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg to Bill Gates on AI will brief all 100 senators at the forum.

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