美国国家情报总监杰伊·克莱顿周五在接受CNBC采访时指出，随着各国竞相争夺人工智能领域的主导地位，美国企业和特朗普政府都“必须保持警惕”，防范外国的间谍活动。
U.S. companies and the Trump administration both "need to be wary" of foreign espionage attempts as the race for artificial intelligence dominance continues, Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton told CNBC on Friday.
克莱顿在《Squawk Box》节目中表示，人工智能会“加剧”美国数字基础设施面临的网络安全风险。这些基础设施与各类关键系统紧密相连，涉及公共服务、国防乃至全球通信等多个领域。正因如此，“我们才致力于强化这些系统的安全性”，并“凭借自身在人工智能领域的领先地位，持续走在那些恶意行为者前面”。克莱顿目前正牵头组建白宫人工智能特别工作组。
AI "amplifies" existing cybersecurity risks toward U.S. digital infrastructure, which is interconnected with critical systems related to everything from public goods to the national defense and global communications, Clayton said on " Squawk Box It's "why we're focused on hardening those systems" and using "our commitment to continue to lead to stay ahead of those nefarious actors," said Clayton, who leads a new White House AI task force Clayton was asked how concerned Americans should be with the threat of foreign spying in light of the recently revealed case charging Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan with allegedly installing a recording device in an OpenAI executive conference room. Alfozan has not been charged with espionage; the federal charge involves alleged interception of oral communications. Alfozan, who was an OpenAI employee, had booked a one-way plane ticket to Saudi Arabia with his wife and another family member prior to his arrest, according to federal prosecutors. Trump census plan to cut noncitizens from 2030 count spurs potential legal fight Elon Musk becomes biggest known donor of 2026 midterm election Trump defends Russia diesel deal: 'I made the right choice' "The short answer to your question is espionage, both commercial espionage, and I would say state-sponsored espionage, are realities," Clayton said.
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"It's something that our private sector companies need to be wary of. We, as a government, need to be wary of," he said. The OpenAI incident "shows the lengths that people will go to try and supplant our leadership in this, or at least stay close to us in this emerging technology," Clayton said. An ex-CIA official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss non-public information, told CNBC this week that the case is "probably the tip of the iceberg."
“简单回答就是：商业间谍活动以及国家主导的间谍活动都是现实存在的威胁，”克莱顿说道，“无论是私营企业还是政府层面，都必须对此保持警惕。”
Clayton, who was appointed AI czar earlier this month, said that the task force's "very good" inaugural meeting at the White House on Thursday built on the accord signed by President Donald Trump and a number of AI leaders at the White House last month.
克莱顿还指出，OpenAI这起事件“充分说明了某些人为了取代美国的领先地位，或者至少在这一新兴技术领域紧追美国步伐，会不择手段。”
Trump had described the agreement, which includes industry pledges to police AI risks itself, as "morally binding."
一名前中央情报局官员本周在接受CNBC采访时，以匿名身份讨论非公开信息，称该案“可能只是冰山一角”。
The task force also established three subcommittees that are focused on different AI-related issues.
克莱顿本月早些时候被任命为人工智能事务负责人，他表示，该特别工作组周四在白宫举行的“非常出色”的首次会议，是在总统唐纳德·特朗普上月与多名人工智能领袖在白宫签署的协议基础上开展的。特朗普曾将该协议描述为“具有道德约束力”，协议包括行业承诺自行监管人工智能风险。克莱顿表示，该特别工作组还成立了三个专注于不同人工智能相关问题的小组委员会：一个负责报告和响应，另一个负责评估关键基础设施并与私营部门合作，第三个负责执法和责任问题。
One is tasked with reporting and response, another with assessing critical infrastructure and working with the private sector, and a third with law enforcement and responsibility, Clayton said. The DNI reiterated to CNBC that the Trump administration is intent on staying ahead in the AI race. "We're not the only ones developing it.
国家情报总监再次向CNBC重申，特朗普政府决心在人工智能竞赛中保持领先。
There are vectors in this technology that are coming from some of our known adversaries and competitors," he said.
“我们不是唯一在开发它的人。这项技术中有些向量来自我们已知的对手和竞争对手，”他说。“中国人、俄罗斯人、伊朗人、朝鲜人都拥有显著的技术能力。我们需要保持领先。”
"The Chinese, the Russians, the Iranians, the North Koreans all have significant technical capability. We need to stay ahead of them."