Michael Dell says AI needs safeguards and controls, and government has a role to play

Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell said that artificial intelligence models "have to have safeguards and controls" as the debate rages on over the threats the rapidly evolving technology could pose to humans. "I think we've always had technology that can do great things and maybe do some not-so-great things. You know, fire can heat your home. It can also burn down your whole village. So that's not good. So we have to have safeguards and controls," Dell told CNBC's David Faber in an interview Tuesday. Dell said "there's a role for government to play" and that the companies building AI tools need to also set "bounded permissions." He declined to give specifics about what that government role could look like, only saying he's "not a policymaker.