Focus turns to ensuring agency use of AI systems takes into consideration safety, rights. Image: Rokas Tenys/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe Biden administration has said it plans to issue additional guidance on federal agency use of artificial intelligence, citing a need for a “cohesive and comprehensive approach to AI-related risks and opportunities.”
Guidance to come from OMB will “establish specific policies for federal departments and agencies to follow in order to ensure their development, procurement, and use of AI systems centers on safeguarding the American people’s rights and safety,” says a fact sheet.
“It will also empower agencies to responsibly leverage AI to advance their missions and strengthen their ability to equitably serve Americans—and serve as a model for state and local governments, businesses and others to follow in their own procurement and use of AI.”
“OMB will release this draft guidance for public comment this summer, so that it will benefit from input from advocates, civil society, industry, and other stakeholders before it is finalized,” it adds.
The announcement follows actions including issuance of an AI “bill of rights,” a risk management framework, a national research plan, and the recent announcement by the EEOC, Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regarding enforcement of AI under laws within their overview.
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