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White House AI Czar Jay Clayton Urges Safety-First AI Development
CNBC’s David Faber with Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora and White House AI czar Jay Clayton discuss AI’s future, cybersecurity risks, and the need for safety-focused technology development.
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White House AI czar Jay Clayton argued that developing artificial intelligence with safety as the priority is essential, framing AI policy as a public-safety and national-security issue rather than only a commercial opportunity. The segment paired Clayton’s warning with Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora discussing cybersecurity risks, producing a clear pairing: regulators pressing for safety and a security vendor pitching the tools to enforce it. The exchange highlights how regulation and cybersecurity vendors are moving into the same conversation about how AI will be built and defended.