Adobe, others join voluntary US scheme to manage AI risks

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Adobe (ADBE.O), IBM (IBM.N), Nvidia (NVDA.O) and five other firms have signed U.S. President Joe Biden's voluntary commitments governing artificial intelligence (AI), which require steps such as watermarking AI-generated content, the White House said on Tuesday.

The original commitments, which were announced in July, were aimed at ensuring that AI's power was not used for destructive purposes. Google, OpenAI and OpenAI partner Microsoft (MSFT.O) signed onto the commitments in July.

"The president has been clear: harness the benefits of AI, manage the risks, and move fast – very fast," White House chief of staff Jeff Zients said in a statement. "And we are doing just that by partnering with the private sector and pulling every lever we have to get this done."

The other five companies signing on to the commitments are Palantir (PLTR.N), Stability, Salesforce (CRM.N), Scale and Cohere.