Arati Prabhakar, head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, is one expert that President Joe Biden consults when he has issues concerning artificial intelligence.
With the assistance of major American tech companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta, Prabhakar is assisting in defining the U.S. strategy for protecting AI technology.
The engineer and applied physicist, who hails from India and was reared in Texas, approaches the issue from a background that spans both the public and commercial sectors as a former venture capitalist and executive in Silicon Valley. This includes managing the Defense Department’s advanced technology research department.
Prior to an AI system test at the DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas that was organized by the White House, she spoke with The Associated Press earlier this month. To make the interview shorter and clearer, it has been edited.