As part of the effort, the seven companies committed to developing a system to "watermark" all forms of content, from text, images, audios, to videos generated by AI so that users will know when the technology has been used.
Some of the commitments call for third-party oversight of the workings of the next generation of AI systems, though they don't detail who will audit the technology or hold the companies accountable. Since generative AI that can write convincingly human-like text and churn out new images became wildly popular this year, lawmakers around the world began considering how to mitigate its dangers to national security and the economy.
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in June called for "comprehensive legislation" to advance and ensure safeguards on artificial intelligence.