And now to a discussion on the fits and dangers of Artificial Intelligence with the Deputy National security adviser who also stresses the importance of Cyber Security and protecting infrastructure from the Technology Industry council tech policy summit. This is about 35 minutes. Joining us now, nate tibbetts, Senior Vice President of Global Government Affairs at qualcomm. I really want to think the i. T. Team for all the hard work it takes to produce another fantastic intersect event. It is clear that American Ingenuity drives research and Development Propelling us to new technological futures. And policies that promote r d will maintain leadership. The United States is set to play a pivotal role in shaping the standards that will guide the future of a. I. , just as qualcomm played a pivotal role in creating Wireless Technology that fueled the revolution. We are now focused on democratizing the benefits of a. I. Technology by putting access to a ip in the palms of peoples hands. In 2023, the a. I. Discussions primarily centered around training and developing large language models. This year, the a. I. Conversation will shift towards the proliferation of generative a. I. Applications and a. I. Inference, making technology both easier to use and more useful. However, as a. I. Becomes more integrated in our daily lives, addressing responsible a. I. Becomes increasingly urgent. It is imperative we work collaboratively to discuss risks and unintended consequences. Today, we are showcasing the first chips design around transparency and authenticity in Digital Content across smart phones worldwide. In collaboration with our technology partner, true pick, we will soon enable devices that can add content credentials to any image output, whether synthetic or authentic. Addressing these challenges means strong collaboration between the private sector and public sectors and who better to guide us and administrator Alan Davidson of the National Telecom and information administration, ntia. Before we welcome him, lets take a moment to applaud the administrations forward thinking investments. And to the public Wireless SupplyChain Innovation fund, driving american connectivity and innovation. This feels a relentless cycle of innovation, testing, deployment, and powering companies to leverage their R D Investments and unleash the power of market competition. Additionally, we commend ntias work on the National Spectrum strategy which is a crucial blueprint for ensuring American Leadership in 5g advanced and 6g technologies. The shift towards an open deployment approach for 5g and beyond bolstered by a spectrum pipeline highlights a pivotal role of initiative spearheaded by Alan Davidson in collaboration with teams at the was to of commerce and across the u. S. Government. Now, with great excitement and anticipation, lets welcome administrator davidson to the stage along with ceo jason oxman to share their invaluable insights on navigating the future of a. I. And technology policy. Thanks, nate. We appreciate the support. And, hello, to everybody. Please. Alan davidson joins us as he did last year and as he did in primer event. I am excited to be here. Great space. It is a cool space, and it is a cold day inside and out. There is a lot on your plate that is of relevance to the i. T. Membership. That is good to here. We are working on a lot of things. Lets work with a. I. You were referenced in the executive order and work is under way under a very tight timetable and i think the first deadline expired on a sunday. So can you talk to us about what you have the team prioritizing and what you need from us to get through the lofty goals from iti . First of all, it is great to be here. A former iti board member in a past life. It is great to be back and joining you. And i will say it is an exciting and interesting time to be working in this space and everyone has been hearing a lot about it today. That responsible a. I. Innovation is going to transform our economy. It is hard to imagine a sector of the economy that is not going to be touched by all of this and it will bring a lot of benefits to people. At least that is the strong belief at ntia. We need to promote that innovation but we know we only will succeed if we know we are also addressing the serious risks that are out there, risks that exist today. Not speculative risks but risks about security, biases, and privacy in systems. You have seen with a sense of urgency the way the government is addressing this. Like, i think we are early still in the lifecycle of all of this and i think we are still jumping in, and i think appropriately. You have seen the set of commitments we were able to get from leading a. I. Companies this summer. The executive order which were now implementing against. Very important. Very ambitious. The work we are doing internationally with the g7. Ntia serves as the president s principal adviser on policy. We are deeply engaged in this a. I. Policy there are a couple of big projects coming up. We are doing a big report on a. I. Accountability and auditing. We have got a big homework assignment on open model space in a. I. We are also doing a lot of work on the policy level internationally on the coordination level. So there is a lot going on, and we are excited to be a part of what is happening with the administration. I will talk about the model if you address a rumor off the record between you and me that ntia is considering changing its name to ntai. You know, who is talking about a. I. These days . He is completely joking. I think it would probably require action by congress to change its name. But a guy can dream. We are doing a lot in this space and on this issue around open model. So widely available model waits. Open source a. I. It is a really hard problem and we got a homework assignment in the executive order to reduce report there are real risks and for the president by the end of july. So what kind of approach we should have with what these open a. I. System models should be. There is real concern about safety. You know . If you open up models, let them be used without the kinds of safeguards that might be built in. Otherwise, what are the risks . At the same time, we know there can be benefits to openness. And there is a competition concern if there are only a small number of companies that control all the models, and openness can be an approach to that. I think the good news is that we have learned already that there is sort of gradients of openness. It is not a binary things. And it provides us with a path on how to address this. Stay tuned for a report coming out in july. Speaking of reports, spectrum strategies. You mentioned ntai is the principal telecom adviser to the president. Occasionally the president has to give reminders of that as he did with the faa. But what we are going to talk about is the National Spectrum strategy. That was a comprehensive, almost overwhelming effort to bring some direction to the future course of activity in this area. I dont know how you have enough people to do all the work that you have been assigned to do but this is another one. Tell us where the latest area of activity is on that. This is a super interesting and important area for our country that does not always get the airtime no pun intended. That it deserves. You know, it is probably one of our nations most important resources and also one of our most scarce resources. The demand for spectrum continues to increase. We need it for other connected devices that we know and love. The federal government needs it for everything from radars to Defense Missions and satellites to monitor the climate. All of that is powered by spectrum, and we need to do a good job of managing the resources that we have had. For the past two years, we have been working on a National Spectrum strategy. I am so pleased we were able to release one at the white house. This november. Thank you. And it lays out a path for how we are going as a country to tackle this hard challenge in front of us. This very hard challenge to make sure we can feed the pipeline of spectrum and also to make sure we have enough for our federal missions. And we have laid out a four part strategy. We will work on new Spectrum Technologies like dynamic spectrum sharing. New collaborations with the privatesector. And real attention to the workforce in this space. We need more rf engineers out there. But there are good jobs in understanding this spectrum and we need more people in this space. Yet. Is from so a lot of work to be done in this spectrum this is unfortunately outside of your purview. But congress has not moved forward on a couple of issues that are relevant to ntias work. What is spectrum auctions, which i know many of you expressed concern about auction authority. What is the reallife authority of that and what are your hopes, again, recognizing that you do not have a voice in congress forgetting that result . N pretty well, it is kind of crazy that we do not have Spectrum Auction Authority for the s. E. C. The chairwoman has spoken pretty eloquently about how important that is for their continued work in this space. If we are going to continue to have a smart spectrum option in this country, we need to to continue to have that. I think a lot of people on both sides of the aisle understand the importance. Lets talk about broadband more generally because this is another area where somehow you have people on staff who are working on this issue. Ntia is kind of like a startup in government. I have been on the chair for two years. Almost a third or 40 has been new since i started. So we have had to grow a lot for this. But it is fun to run a startup, and it is hard to do within government. Lets talk about broadband. What is most important about the work that is underway . So this is a historic moment. We have been talking about the Digital Divide for over 25 years. In the bipartisan infrastructure law, we finally got the resources to do something about it. The president has given me a mission. Connect everyone in america with reliable, affordable, high Speed Internet service, and we are well under way. This is going to be a years long project that will take a ton of work. We started and have programs that are inflight. 2 billion in tribal funding out the door. And, now, Digital Equity plans with every state. And we have our state Grant Program inflight. This year will be a big year with the states. Last year, we got plans in at the end of the year about every state and how they are going to spend the money that we are going to be giving them. So all eyes to the states. They will start doing their grantmaking. We need everybodys attention. This is kind of a all hands on deck moment. Even as we look at this, the truth is money is being spent right now to connect people. The early programs like our broadband infrastructure program, you know, we have now passed over 46,000 homes past with the infrastructure we have funded to that. So there is real people being connected right now. We are not going to get tens of billions of dollars from congress to do it again so we have got to do it right. So we have touched on lots of areas relevant to the tech industry. Some of these areas you have been working on for decades at ntia and some of them you have been working on this year for the first time. What do you need help with . What are the areas and gaps in knowledge, education, partnership, programs, inputs, into all of these different areas are perhaps areas you did not even talk about . Industries that can be helpful and of service to you as you endeavor to accomplish this . I will say that the list is long. You have heard a lot about a. I. , but the truth is it is worthy of our attention. And getting smarter. I just talked about this. Open model weights project. These are cases of first impression. We need to be smart within the industry. We have got a lot going on. Like the old Internet Policy Issues of privacy. I am cochairing a task force on kids safety right now with industry best practices. We are doing a big workshop out in stanford. We are just getting Industry Input on this convening out there. So that is another area. Broadband. We need acp funding. Just making sure it is all hands on deck. Paying attention. We just need i will say people who have dual competency in government to understand the technology and talk about the implications and do this crossover. We really appreciate the partnership with folks in industry and the nonprofit world who help us understand these issues better. Thank you to everyone who is here being part of this conversation. Well, thank you. Talking about the intersection between the technical knowhow and that jealousy, you have described yourself very well. That is what i am all about. Join me in thanking Alan Davidson for sharing his thoughts with you. We go this way. Please welcoe neuberger, Deputy Assistant to the president and w National Security advisor, cyber and emerging Technology Please welcome anne neuberger, Deputy Assistant to the president and Deputy National security adviser, cyber and emerging National Security council. And barbara humpton, president and ceo of u. S. This way. I am so glad we are together and that jason has given the chance to be your interviewer for this segment. For those of you who do not know, siemens is a company who has been working in the field of infrastructure our whole history and the last few decades have been about creating the internet of people. The way we entertain ourselves and engage as a consumer. Now, the world is recognizing that we are introducing the internet of things. It is larger than the internet of people. So the key questions of cybersecurity and the use of a. I. Are coming to infrastructure every year, and here you are smack dab in the middle of that. Where i would love to start and i know we all have questions about the executive order and et cetera but i know we are attempting solely on risk and yet you also focus on opportunity. Tell me about the balance that you are working to achieve . Absolutely. First of all, it is great to be here with you, barbara. One of the great things about iti thank you to our hosts is a really connects the company. Because we encourage innovati we encourage innovation and we really want to be a leader in not only technology, but all of the many fields. We have had many conversations about security, Telecom Policy and part of that goal. When you think about that question, the promise and peril of ai, you think about many discussions here but i thought i would answer it in the context of a few examples of what we see both. To give us a thought about how we bring it together. In the area of promise and peril, to our first question on cybersecurity, ectwo areas. The same model that can help us really analyze code to find vulnerabilities and holds the malicious attacker would look for and to improve the code and make it stronger or harder in the hands of a malicious attacker, those models help find vulnerabilities that have been unpacked and not secured to use those to build more focused malware. That is an example of what we really want to do, which is to ensure that severed offenders are using those first, which are improving products before we deploy them, as well as using to find vulnerabilities in the inmost most important products of the systems to patch them first. I think a second one that always touches my heart is that my husband and i have been my husband and i have been deals with individuals with als. People with als is the ability to communicate and lose the ability to move. Their minds are fully intact and there bodies. Various efforts to takeh their voices and save them, so that as the individual is on the committee getting by blinking or banging their heads, is translated into words, so they can clearly communicate. We saw it in the recording of President Biden and see the risks of someone saying that they are in trouble. Kaylee larry, it is a real concern. R to wrap up, we see promise and peril in a number of areas and the goal for us is to ensure on the promise said that we are moving ahead and thinking, how do you do this responsibly . Fascinating. We are living in a world where it goes hand in hand. Lets pull the thread a little bit more. In the world of infrastructure, people used to say, heavens, its not connected. We recognize that there are threats to infrastructure, connect it or not. In fact, it might be that connecting and using the tools available to us today could strengthen our infrastructure. I couldnt agree more. Six weeks ago, we dealt with the iranian government hacking connected Water Systems. They were Water Systems connected to the internet and able to have an impact on those, because the used a password of 1111 but it barely deserves to be called a cyber attack. The effect of Water Systems across 16 states. To your point, those were likely not designed to be connected to the internet, but over time, it was a way to download information or for an administrator to get his email or his or her email as they did their job, so security has to look at where product are used and ensure that we can secure them appropriately, then i have a question for you. We have to recognize that Autonomous Devices will be connected to the internet and think the infrastructure that we had and our e