The memo orders creation of a Framework to Advance AI Governance and Risk Management in National Security that will provide further guidance. Image: William Potter/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffA national security memo from President Biden on artificial intelligence—the latest in a series of recent directives on AI—aims to “galvanize federal government adoption of AI to advance the national security mission, including by ensuring that such adoption reflects democratic values and protects human rights, civil rights, civil liberties and privacy,” says a White House fact sheet.
The memo “does not simply demand that we use AI systems in service of the national security mission effectively; it also unequivocally states we must do so only in ways that align with democratic values. It provides the first-ever guidance for AI governance and risk management for use in national security missions, complementing previous guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget for non-national security missions,” it says.
Among other provisions, the memo:
* “directs actions to improve the security and diversity of chip supply chains, and to ensure that, as the United States supports the development of the next generation of government supercomputers and other emerging technology, we do so with AI in mind”;
* “makes collection on our competitors’ operations against our AI sector a top-tier intelligence priority, and directs relevant U.S. Government entities to provide AI developers with the timely cybersecurity and counterintelligence information necessary to keep their inventions secure”;
* requires agencies to propose “streamlined procurement practices and ways to ease collaboration with non-traditional vendors.”
It also orders creation of a Framework to Advance AI Governance and Risk Management in National Security that will provide further guidance. That is to include mechanisms for agencies to “monitor, assess, and mitigate AI risks related to invasions of privacy, bias and discrimination, the safety of individuals and groups, and other human rights abuses.”
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