Ep. 4: Toward Data Privacy, the Biden Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence
Nov 14, 2023
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Cobun Zweifel-Keegan discusses Biden's AI executive order emphasizing privacy, privacy-enhancing technologies, NIST guidelines, and federal privacy legislation. They delve into privacy impact assessments in AI, OMB oversight, and voice cloning technologies' impact on privacy.
The Biden executive order on AI emphasizes the use of privacy-enhancing technologies like encryption and data obfuscation for protecting personal information.
Government agencies are directed to conduct updated privacy impact assessments for AI systems to ensure responsible data acquisition and governance, fostering comprehensive federal privacy legislation.
Deep dives
Privacy Enhancing Technologies in the Executive Order
The executive order on artificial intelligence issued by President Biden focuses on privacy enhancing technologies (PETs). PETs are crucial tools in maintaining privacy by incorporating encryption and obfuscation technologies. The order instructs the National Science Foundation to initiate projects for developing improved PETs to counterbalance AI advancements that may compromise privacy. NIST is tasked to produce guidelines for agencies to implement PETs, ensuring robust encryption tools and technologies to protect personal information.
Commercially Available Information and Privacy Guidelines
The executive order directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to provide guidance on commercially available information, particularly for government acquisitions from private entities, excluding national security. This emphasizes the necessity for agencies to document sources of commercially accessible data and assess their implications on individuals' privacy. By focusing on data quality and privacy aspects, the order aims to ensure that agencies acquire data responsibly for various missions while considering the privacy impact.
Privacy Impact Assessments for AI Systems
The order highlights the importance of privacy impact assessments for AI systems, emphasizing the need for such assessments whenever AI is involved. It calls for the modernization of existing governance processes to evaluate the unique risks posed by AI. By seeking guidance on incorporating privacy considerations into impact assessments, the order aims to address the challenges related to scale and efficiency that AI technologies introduce, particularly in terms of privacy implications and data governance.
This week's episode features Cobun Zweifel-Keegan in discussing the recent Biden executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) and privacy. We explore privacy as a key aspect of the order, which emphasizes privacy-enhancing technologies, the role of the National Institute for Standards and Technology in setting guidelines, and the Office of Management and Budget's oversight of data acquisition by agencies. The conversation also covers the need for updated privacy impact assessments in AI and the executive order's call for comprehensive federal privacy legislation. The episode concludes with a discussion of the implications of voice cloning technologies on privacy.
Featuring:
Tom Romanoff, Director, Technology Project Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, Managing Director, International Association of Privacy Professionals
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