Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Key AI Actions Following President Bidens Landmark Executive … – The White House

Posted: Published on February 4th, 2024

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Three months ago, President Biden issued a landmark Executive Order to ensure that America leads the way in seizing the promise and managing the risks of artificial intelligence (AI). The Order directed sweeping action to strengthen AI safety and security, protect Americans privacy, advance equity and civil rights, stand up for consumers and workers, promote innovation and competition, advance American leadership around the world, and more.

Today, Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed will convene the White House AI Council, consisting of top officials from a wide range of federal departments and agencies. Agencies reported that they have completed all of the 90-day actions tasked by the E.O. and advanced other vital directives that the Order tasked over a longer timeframe.

Taken together, these activities mark substantial progress in achieving the EOs mandate to protect Americans from the potential risks of AI systems while catalyzing innovation in AI and beyond. Visit ai.gov to learn more.

Managing Risks to Safety and Security

The Executive Order directed a sweeping range of actions within 90 days to address some of AIs biggest threats to safety and security. These included setting key disclosure requirements for developers of the most powerful systems, assessing AIs risks for critical infrastructure, and hindering foreign actors efforts to develop AI for harmful purposes. To mitigate these and other risks, agencies have:

Innovating AI for Good

To seize AIs enormous promise and deepen the U.S. lead in AI innovation, President Bidens Executive Order directed increased investment in AI innovation and new efforts to attract and train workers with AI expertise. Over the past 90 days, agencies have:

The table below summarizes many of the activities federal agencies have completed in response to the Executive Order.

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